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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"". |
| 7/24/1783 |
Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas. |
| 7/24/1837 |
Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed. |
| 7/24/1911 |
Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 7/24/1932 |
Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan was established for the service of the sick and humanitarian activities. |
| 7/24/1932 |
Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born. |
| 7/24/1985 |
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab. |
| 7/24/1989 |
A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal. |
| 7/24/1991 |
Industrial licensing scrapped. |
| 7/24/1991 |
Union budget imposes all-round price hike. |
| 7/24/1992 |
Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune. |
| 7/24/1993 |
Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 7/24/1994 |
Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India. |
| 7/24/1996 |
Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
| 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. |
| 7/24/1997 |
Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali. |
| 7/24/1998 |
India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier. |
| 7/24/1999 |
Om Prakash Chautala is sworn in the Chief Minister of Haryana, and will seek trust vote on July 27. |
| 7/24/1999 |
Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
| 7/24/2000 |
S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
| 7/24/2000 |
The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1999 | Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
| 1/1/1892 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district. |
| 1/1/1892 | Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini. |
| 9/5/1612 | East India Company's Navy eastablished. |
| 4/10/1937 | Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away. |
| 12/31/1966 | Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta. |
| 8/2/1763 | British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle. |
| 6/23/1920 | Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born. |
| 11/16/1983 | Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game. |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
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