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Historical Event on 1/24/1997
Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1927 | Laxman Madhav Katre, former Indian Air Chief Marshall, was born. |
| 12/29/1959 | Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated. |
| 3/25/1991 | 1991 census report released; India has 844 million people. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
| 9/29/1836 | Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras |
| 5/28/1978 | The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay. |
| 10/11/1984 | Khanderao M. Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5.50 for India), died |
| 9/3/1995 | Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils. |
| 5/7/1985 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards. |
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