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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 04/24/1311 |
General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India. |
| 04/24/1858 |
Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 04/24/1888 |
Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo. |
| 04/24/1918 |
Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born. |
| 04/24/1929 |
First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off. |
| 04/24/1932 |
450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 04/24/1942 |
Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
| 04/24/1944 |
Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away. |
| 04/24/1959 |
Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie. |
| 04/24/1965 |
Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal. |
| 04/24/1966 |
Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad. |
| 04/24/1972 |
Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away. |
| 04/24/1973 |
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
| 04/24/1974 |
Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away. |
| 04/24/1980 |
Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief. |
| 04/24/1993 |
Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended. |
| 04/24/1993 |
IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar. |
| 04/24/1994 |
S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune. |
| 04/24/1995 |
K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha. |
| 04/24/1996 |
BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 04/24/1996 |
Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition. |
| 04/24/1996 |
SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct. |
| 04/24/1998 |
India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final. |
| 04/24/1998 |
24 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1989 | Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India. |
| 11/24/1881 | Ram Rachhpal, son of Sukhi Ram, called 'Chhotu', freedom fighter, politician and leader, was born in a 'Jat' famlily in a small village Garhi Sampla in Rohpak district. His life was a saga of sincere and ceaseless striving to improve the condition of the poor peasants in India, popularly known as 'Deenbandhu'. |
| 06/01/1993 | Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated. |
| 02/08/1881 | Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born. |
| 02/02/1993 | Prices of iron and steel hiked. |
| 08/01/1947 | Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan. |
| 07/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 05/30/1955 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away. |
| 10/21/1990 | Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays. |
| 10/13/1971 | Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born. |
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