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Historical Event on 11/24/1998

Polling is held in 626 assembly constituencies spread over four States - Delhi, Madhya Prades, Mizoram and Rajasthan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
8/7/1934Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.