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Historical Event on 5/24/1999

Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1997Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
12/31/1956Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
12/31/1956
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
9/26/1931Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
7/10/1994Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.