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Historical Event on 7/24/1837
Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1837 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 1/29/1976 | Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi. |
| 4/13/1993 | Lalitadevi Shastri passed away. |
| 9/22/1687 | Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom. |
| 2/28/1712 | Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession. |
| 5/3/1927 | Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured. |
| 7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 9/20/1999 | T. R. Rajakumari (78), the dream girl of the Tamil silver screen for over two decades, died. |
| 5/20/1996 | Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away. |
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