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Historical Event on 5/24/1956
Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/8/1872 | Hemchandra Goswami, ancient Asamia literature expert, historian, editor and poet, was born. |
| 2/8/1985 | P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986. |
| 10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 7/29/1997 | India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme. |
| 7/29/1997 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 1/19/1839 | Aden conquered by British East India Company. |
| 4/5/1993 | G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards. |
| 9/7/1997 | Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar. |
| 1/12/2000 | T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired. |
| 5/8/1992 | Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%. |
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