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Historical Event on 12/24/1524

Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.
1/22/1967Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
5/19/1975Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.
9/11/1991Tax concessions announced.
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.