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Historical Event on 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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
| 4/16/1853 | The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns. |
| 4/16/1853 | Ibrahim Lodi (1517-26) succeeded the throne of Delhi, after the death of his father Sikandar Lodi. |
| 12/20/1978 | Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment. |
| 11/30/1998 | Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively. |
| 1/7/1997 | Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting. |
| 8/2/1993 | CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission. |
| 3/9/1990 | Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar. |
| 6/7/1631 | Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her. |
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