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Historical Event on 10/24/1990

BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
3/20/1997Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra.
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
6/9/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.
3/8/1963Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.