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Historical Event on 05/24/1557

Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1985Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
10/5/1997Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.
2/8/1872Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
12/21/1999The Gujarat Government asks the Hindu Jagran March to go-ahead with the 'Shilanyas' for a Ram temple at Halmodi in Surat district.