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Historical Event on 4/24/1932

450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
5/2/1954Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
12/1/1999Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
4/30/1909Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab).
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
7/29/187624 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.