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Historical Event on 1/24/1957
Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1997 | At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city. |
| 10/20/1992 | Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire. |
| 6/24/1961 | Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time. |
| 3/16/1997 | Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar. |
| 4/26/1895 | Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born. |
| 8/13/1954 | Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully. |
| 10/23/1883 | Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born. |
| 3/24/1977 | Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India. |
| 12/27/1898 | Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born. |
| 3/16/1902 | A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala. |
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