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Historical Event on 9/24/1932

Poona Pact' was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. This historical agreement allowed increased representation for untouchables. Also, Gandhi ended his fast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
5/12/1987Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.
9/25/1947Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.