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Historical Event on 02/24/1483

Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
9/6/1972Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.