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Historical Event on 3/24/1984

Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
7/5/1990G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
5/23/1975P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
11/14/1993Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
10/4/1997Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.