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Historical Event on 9/24/1629
Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/12/1999 | Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP. |
| 2/16/1927 | Rail service started between India and Nepal. |
| 5/18/1998 | India talks with the US on the nuclear tests. |
| 7/21/1993 | Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal. |
| 7/21/1993 | ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
| 6/23/1911 | King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 7/1/1909 | Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London. |
| 2/12/1997 | Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain. |
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