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Historical Event on 7/24/1996
Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1760 | Phattesingh Bhosle passed away. |
| 11/20/1760 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 5/21/1975 | The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation. |
| 5/16/1933 | Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born. |
| 6/13/1998 | India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad. |
| 2/23/1993 | India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England. |
| 12/22/1999 | The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs. |
| 11/2/1972 | ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India. |
| 6/18/1996 | CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam. |
| 8/7/1871 | Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta. |
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