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Historical Event on 7/24/1997

Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
7/15/1936Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
10/10/1995G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.
4/4/1990Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.