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Historical Event on 10/24/1994
The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1996 | SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department. |
| 6/3/1890 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born. |
| 2/8/1971 | Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM. |
| 1/18/1942 | Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 6/15/1966 | U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan. |
| 5/12/1993 | Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states. |
| 3/28/1926 | Pahelam Ratanji ""Polly"" Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain), was born in Sholapur, Maharashtra. |
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