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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 |
| 6/21/1814 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died. |
| 8/1/1958 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave. |
| 1/23/1909 | New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London. |
| 8/28/1934 | Justice Sujata Manohar was born. |
| 11/19/1970 | Bhupinder Singh Jr, cricketer (Punjab & Indian ODI batsman), was born. |
| 6/30/1997 | Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over. |
| 9/1/1999 | The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 1/4/1914 | Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born. |
| 3/17/1863 | Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born. |
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