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Historical Event on 5/24/1992

D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
8/1/2000Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.