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Historical Event on 5/24/1956

Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
8/1/2000The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State.
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
10/4/2000Kashmir has been the cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and foreign interference should be stopped,'' said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
5/3/1765Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta.
3/23/1910Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952.