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Historical Event on 4/24/1996

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Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
4/1/1962Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
12/29/1968Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
5/5/1971India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi.