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Historical Event on 3/24/1947

Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
1/12/2000The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
9/12/1898Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.
6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
5/5/1916Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.