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Historical Event on 11/24/1948
Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1998 | The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist. |
| 12/22/1998 | Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot. |
| 12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 1/14/1946 | Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. |
| 7/5/1905 | Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal. |
| 3/12/1997 | aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi. |
| 3/15/1901 | Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games. |
| 7/17/1974 | J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly. |
| 6/8/1997 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati. |
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