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Historical Event on 2/24/1957

General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1916Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
6/26/1982First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
3/19/1998E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.
11/19/1998A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security.
11/22/1916Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
10/2/1910Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born.
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.