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Historical Event on 9/24/1997

I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
11/5/1996United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).
11/6/1913Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops.
7/1/1949M. Venkaiah Rangaiah Naidu was born in Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh).
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
5/3/1977Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.
6/19/1747Nadirshaha passed away.
2/5/1992Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.