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Historical Event on 2/24/1950
G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/12/1954 | Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan. |
| 2/18/1944 | Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established. |
| 9/20/1933 | Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died. |
| 11/3/1999 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M). |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
| 5/28/1903 | Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra). |
| 7/25/1977 | B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President. |
| 10/2/1955 | Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur. |
| 12/24/1894 | The first medical conference was held in Calcutta. |
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