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Historical Event on 3/24/1946

British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1993Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.
10/12/1997India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.
6/6/1924S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.
8/29/1974Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
3/4/1990V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue.
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
1/26/1997Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.