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Historical Event on 2/24/1997
Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
| 4/1/1989 | UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 1/1/1944 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died. |
| 1/9/1993 | An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 10/11/1737 | A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives. |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 11/22/1989 | Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away. |
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