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Historical Event on 9/24/1997
E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1917 | Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay. |
| 5/3/1999 | Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta. |
| 6/30/1979 | R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980. |
| 6/3/1977 | K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 9/14/1933 | Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India. |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 4/18/1959 | India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation. |
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