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Historical Event on 10/24/1945
UNO Day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 8/29/1994 | Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 12/28/1892 | Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 4/27/1918 | Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
| 10/2/1910 | Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born. |
| 11/6/1951 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 12/13/2000 | The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate. |
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