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Historical Event on 12/24/1984

Eigth General Elections of India began .

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1919Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away.
10/9/1942Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail.
2/25/1840Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born.
11/19/2000Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong.
9/17/1997Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.
1/25/1917Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.
11/19/19971996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.