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Historical Event on 12/24/1524

Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
5/2/1769Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
11/25/1997Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry.
3/25/1983Modern oceanographic research ship of the world 'Sagar Kanya' landed first time in the sea.
3/19/1973Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.