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Historical Event on 7/24/1997
Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
| 8/6/1905 | Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'. |
| 8/3/1984 | Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives. |
| 12/23/1920 | King George V signs Home Rule Act. |
| 3/30/1994 | Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community. |
| 2/14/1996 | President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation. |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 10/28/1867 | Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland. |
| 1/26/1957 | India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
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