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Historical Event on 11/24/1992

Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.
1/20/1939Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
2/8/1897Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
11/12/1762Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon.
4/2/1970Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.
4/1/1944Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
6/6/1916Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary.
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
1/27/1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
6/24/1969Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.