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Historical Event on 7/24/1992
Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1917 | Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin). |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
| 12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 11/27/1984 | Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay. |
| 1/22/1906 | Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 11/11/1998 | V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 8/13/1784 | East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England. |
| 8/2/1919 | Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born. |
| 4/1/1956 | Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force. |
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