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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
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
2/2/1986Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
8/7/1998The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force.
4/5/1961Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs.
10/3/1913Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta.
9/29/1999Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting.