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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
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
7/5/1882Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.
4/19/1994Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
11/27/1870Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born.
12/12/1901Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.