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Historical Event on 7/24/1994

Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
12/4/2000India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade.
12/5/1950Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
7/1/1999The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
7/20/1636John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians.
4/25/1915The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.