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Historical Event on 3/24/1992

Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1992Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
3/22/1885Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
7/7/1905Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'.
9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.
1/31/1998D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98).