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Historical Event on 7/24/1997

Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1921The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
1/25/1880Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced.