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Historical Event on 1/24/1937
Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1756 | A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here. |
| 11/10/1992 | Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns. |
| 5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
| 5/29/1915 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. |
| 1/9/1889 | Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"". |
| 5/19/1982 | Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. |
| 11/8/2000 | India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 1/18/1982 | Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi. |
| 4/19/1995 | Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala. |
| 1/29/1996 | S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president. |
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