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Historical Event on 2/24/1957

General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
8/2/1919Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
10/9/1946Jinnah's 9-point demands conveyed to Congress.
3/20/1602United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.