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Historical Event on 7/24/1997

Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
12/15/1950Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
7/2/1905Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
5/18/1926Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born.
1/2/1948Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.