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Historical Event on 10/24/1938
Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1947 | Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace. |
| 11/27/2000 | After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year. |
| 4/12/1942 | Nehru pledges 'no surrender' to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's plans at New Delhi. |
| 8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
| 12/25/1932 | King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech. |
| 1/31/1995 | ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997). |
| 3/23/1992 | G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 7/23/2000 | Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand. |
| 12/1/1991 | Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
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