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Historical Event on 12/24/1921

Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.

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6/20/1916Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
1/4/1907Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
9/1/1988Fatte Singrao Gaekwad of Baroda, former Member of Parliament, passed away.
9/29/1999Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting.
5/7/1990Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act.