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Historical Event on 3/24/1947

Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
12/3/1971Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
11/6/2000Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister.