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Historical Event on 1/24/1950

Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1993Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
7/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
5/18/1998India may take the US to WTO.
1/22/1666Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid.