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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
5/11/1999Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people.
12/11/1881Subramania Bharati was born at Ettaiyapuram.
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
9/8/1991Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.
3/22/1938IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860.
8/15/1997Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.