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Historical Event on 10/24/1991

Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1993R.K. Khandekar, PM's aide, denies Harshad Mehta's charges.
5/20/1999The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
7/31/2000The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.
6/29/1873Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, first Bengali modern poet, died.
6/29/1873Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
9/4/1993New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.