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Historical Event on 1/24/1999
The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/14/1901 | Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 8/19/1993 | Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died. |
| 6/16/1946 | Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London. |
| 1/29/1968 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died. |
| 7/22/1959 | Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government. |
| 1/7/1859 | The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29. |
| 7/15/1997 | Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award. |
| 10/3/1907 | Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
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