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Historical Event on 2/24/1996

S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
7/23/1918Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
9/23/1990World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.