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Historical Event on 11/24/1973

E. V. Ramasami Naicker (EVR), founder leader of Dravida Kazhagam, passed away at the age of 94.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
2/23/1993Pre-budget Economic Survey proposes closure of sick PSE and rationalisation of tax and interests rates.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
2/18/1975Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away.
2/11/1993Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
4/18/1998Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.