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Historical Event on 11/24/1988

Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/2000The BJP Legislature Party in UP elects Rajnath Singh its leader.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades
5/21/1996General Election (11th) of India ended.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
5/29/1982Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet.
3/17/2000V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.