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Historical Event on 10/24/1991
Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1991 | President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament. |
| 7/17/1976 | Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away. |
| 7/5/1947 | Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July. |
| 1/18/1969 | Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 1/21/1969 | First India built electronic digital computer commissioned. |
| 7/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
| 8/14/1998 | Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai. |
| 10/3/1890 | Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
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