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Historical Event on 3/24/1995
Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
| 11/15/1913 | Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15) |
| 1/25/1995 | India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties. |
| 4/8/1997 | Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case. |
| 9/5/1957 | Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha. |
| 4/7/1997 | NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi. |
| 5/28/1978 | The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay. |
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