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Historical Event on 7/24/1997

Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1950Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
6/17/1950Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
7/22/1993R.K. Khandekar, PM's aide, denies Harshad Mehta's charges.
8/17/1934Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.