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Historical Event on 5/24/1992

D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
8/8/1949India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
1/22/1989DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.