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Historical Event on 12/24/1973

E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter, died at the age of 94.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
5/23/1805Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor.
1/22/1980Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
6/4/1941National Seva Dal was established.