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Historical Event on 2/24/1997
Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1931 | Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India. |
| 10/15/1918 | Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people. |
| 4/13/1982 | Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
| 3/23/2000 | Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar). |
| 5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 7/3/1996 | 25 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products. |
| 3/27/1989 | Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 7/7/1901 | J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta. |
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