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Historical Event on 2/24/1948

The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
7/3/1972Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
7/26/1891Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away.
2/28/1951Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
8/1/1994Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.