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Historical Event on 12/24/1987

Dr. M.G.Ramachandran, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, died. He was 70 yrs. He was posthumously awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' by the President of India. (17-1-90).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
6/16/1950 Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
1/16/1988L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.