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Historical Event on 10/24/1990
BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1923 | Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi. |
| 6/22/1897 | The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter. |
| 8/25/1965 | Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi. |
| 10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 3/25/1991 | 1991 census report released; India has 844 million people. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 8/10/1894 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India. |
| 5/18/1946 | Gandhiji discusses Plan with Cabinet Mission. |
| 10/22/1908 | John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India. |
| 7/6/1960 | The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960. |
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