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Historical Event on 12/24/1880

Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh.

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8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
2/6/1932Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away.
2/6/1932Saint Namdev passed away.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.