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Historical Event on 7/24/1997
Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1972 | Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges. |
| 4/3/1926 | Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta. |
| 10/16/1942 | Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India. |
| 10/10/1970 | Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. |
| 10/18/1952 | Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash. |
| 5/14/1998 | India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister. |
| 6/9/1834 | Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died. |
| 5/29/1968 | Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion. |
| 6/4/1994 | Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'. |
| 8/29/1923 | Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born. |
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