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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
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
6/17/1756Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
6/29/1997Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
10/14/1985Assam Ganparishad established.
1/11/1996Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
12/23/1976Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.