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Historical Event on 6/24/1946

Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
9/24/1914Janardan Swami was born.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
9/4/1993Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
2/28/1900Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.