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Historical Event on 5/24/1960
Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/11/1990 | Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away. |
4/7/1987 | In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance. |
3/12/1969 | Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research. |
2/2/1915 | Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born. |
12/16/1999 | Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites. |
9/12/1931 | Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir. |
9/12/1931 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
1/20/1992 | Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup. |
5/10/1999 | Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill. |
8/15/1992 | Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan. |
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