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Historical Event on 1/24/1997

Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.
12/8/2000EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
11/19/1985Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.
3/23/1995Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away.
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.