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Historical Event on 5/24/1960

Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
9/14/1893Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started.
8/25/1975Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
3/6/1928Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.