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Historical Event on 10/24/1997

Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1996Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.
3/3/1989Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
7/27/1947Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
4/21/1992Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.