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Historical Event on 4/24/1959

Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
5/25/1899Nazrul Islam, revolutionary and Bengali poet, was born in Churulia village of Burdwan district.
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
5/15/1817Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
7/11/1973India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
7/13/1830Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.
12/31/1995K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.