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Historical Event on 1/24/1995

3,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
11/9/1904Panchanan Maheshwari was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers with different embryological studies. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchanani
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.