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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
11/11/1991Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review.
2/1/1994ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company.
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.
12/20/1969Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
10/13/1905Sister Nivedita died.
1/27/199455 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.