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Historical Event on 12/24/1984

Eigth General Elections of India began .

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1967Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
11/9/1999BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.
8/29/1947Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
12/16/1909Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).