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Historical Event on 7/24/1996
Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 4/3/1950 | Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born. |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 10/12/1997 | India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title. |
| 7/17/1987 | V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India. |
| 5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/16/1878 | Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala. |
| 10/16/1878 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 3/29/1932 | Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler, was born at Udipi in Karnataka. |
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