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Historical Event on 1/24/1937
Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/14/1990 | Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh. |
| 2/15/1924 | Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/2/1991 | Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died. |
| 10/24/1904 | Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born. |
| 11/9/1942 | Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died. |
| 12/7/1856 | First Hindu widow married officially. |
| 3/12/1612 | Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 3/7/1999 | 22 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi. |
| 5/9/1874 | First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai. |
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