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Historical Event on 2/24/1948

The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/2000Parliament approves the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2000, paving the way for the creation of a separate Chhattisgarh State.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
11/11/1980The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.'
10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
8/6/1993Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.