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Historical Event on 6/24/1996

Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
2/20/1863Pandit A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous Malyalam poet, grammer expert and Sanskrit expert, was born.
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
4/18/1918Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.