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Historical Event on 7/24/1996
Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/30/1992 | Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
| 8/7/1985 | Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia. |
| 9/10/1999 | Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. |
| 4/11/1906 | K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/21/1989 | V. P. Singh wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. |
| 4/6/2000 | The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel. |
| 3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
| 1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
| 7/22/1997 | Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70. |
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