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Historical Event on 7/24/1997
Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.

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2/27/1956	G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
8/3/1998	India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
2/1/1942	17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
5/25/1915	Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
2/11/1818	Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
10/28/1984	Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
10/28/1984	Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
8/17/1994	Opposition ends Parliament boycott.
11/7/1862	Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
2/21/1991	The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.

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Historical Event on 7/24/1997 Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.

Historical Event on 7/24/1997
Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.