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Historical Event on 2/24/1957

General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
1/2/1994Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
3/26/1989Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.
4/30/1992Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India.
2/25/1923S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.
4/1/1992The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched.
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
5/13/1996Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party.
1/11/1991Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM.
11/2/1885Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.