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Historical Event on 2/24/1997

Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
2/22/1977Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.
7/9/1992The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
4/5/1919India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.