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Historical Event on 7/24/1999
Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/1/1954 | French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India. |
11/15/1913 | Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15) |
11/7/1997 | RBI Governor Dr. Chakravarti Rangarajan appointed new Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Bimal Jalan, Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, will take over as RBI Governor. |
12/1/1932 | A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London. |
6/15/1969 | Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86. |
1/23/1996 | Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93. |
8/15/1995 | P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme. |
1/22/1996 | Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case). |
5/7/1994 | Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly. |
6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
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