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Historical Event on 4/24/1918
Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1986 | In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"". |
| 8/18/1993 | The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000. |
| 8/1/1922 | Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat . |
| 2/9/2000 | The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 9/9/1947 | Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi. |
| 4/5/1993 | K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election. |
| 2/16/1962 | General Election ( 3rd) of India begins. |
| 7/29/1991 | Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue. |
| 11/19/1993 | Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel. |
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