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Historical Event on 11/24/1988

Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1979Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
10/31/1843Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
2/20/2000India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
8/3/1993Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.