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Historical Event on 9/24/1936

It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
11/8/1966Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
6/17/1917Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.