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Historical Event on 9/24/1997

I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
9/27/1972Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
10/11/1962Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives.
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
5/6/1948India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir.