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Historical Event on 1/24/1950
Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1896 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born. |
| 6/7/1989 | Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years. |
| 2/4/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay. |
| 7/12/1980 | Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 12/1/1911 | Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born. |
| 9/19/1997 | A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper. |
| 11/11/1998 | India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries. |
| 9/7/1999 | India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir. |
| 11/22/1928 | British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties. |
| 6/1/1874 | East India Company was dissolved. |
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