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Historical Event on 2/24/1986

Rukmini Devi passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
1/12/1997Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
2/25/1987The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
10/20/1969Punjabrao Agriculture University established.
10/17/1949The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.