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Historical Event on 3/24/1947
Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/4/1993 | K. Margabandhu, former UCO Bank chief, was arrested on charges of amassing wealth beyond his means. |
| 4/27/2000 | Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
| 9/23/1965 | The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect. |
| 12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
| 3/13/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947. |
| 8/4/1956 | Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay. |
| 11/14/1889 | Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957. |
| 11/20/1998 | Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 5/27/1992 | M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
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