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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
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
8/10/1991Delhi airport police foils an attempt by a Saudi national to smuggle out a minor girl named Ameena.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
10/29/1990Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died.
12/4/1910Motilal, famous film actor, was born.
12/22/1966U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India.