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Historical Event on 5/24/1990
K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
| 7/7/1937 | Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/3/1991 | Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996. |
| 3/10/1940 | Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born. |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 9/20/1933 | Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died. |
| 9/14/1965 | Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports. |
| 6/19/1995 | India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit. |
| 7/18/1996 | Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee. |
| 11/5/1920 | Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities. |
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