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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
2/3/1921The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
9/5/199530 member Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council sworn-in that was conceded by the Government of India in 1993.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
1/6/1847Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
2/25/1897Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.
4/3/1946Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.