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Historical Event on 2/24/1961

Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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1/6/1992Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.
5/31/1998B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.