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Historical Event on 9/24/1922
Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/26/1998 | S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal. |
| 11/30/1989 | Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister. |
| 3/27/1999 | World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo. |
| 1/17/1993 | LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
| 10/31/1997 | Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi. |
| 12/4/1977 | Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born. |
| 8/10/1988 | Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue. |
| 10/13/1877 | Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born. |
| 3/16/1997 | The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India. |
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