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Historical Event on 2/24/1986

Rukmini Devi passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1914Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
8/5/1991Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
12/12/1947Patel's statement in the Parliament, ""Pakistan will get Rs. 750,000,000 from the balance in cash.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.