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Historical Event on 2/24/1996
Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1997 | Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992. |
| 12/26/1991 | Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India. |
| 1/28/1895 | Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 9/2/1947 | Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified. |
| 7/14/1856 | Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born. |
| 11/8/1831 | Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born. |
| 6/15/1947 | All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi. |
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