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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 |
| 09/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
| 12/28/1984 | Eighth General Election of India ends. Indian National Congress party wins with thumping majority. |
| 12/04/1989 | Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 06/01/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
| 03/20/1602 | United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies. |
| 07/21/1930 | Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born. |
| 03/16/1880 | Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born. |
| 10/24/1789 | Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born |
| 03/19/1998 | Abdul Rauf Seddiopui, Samajwadi Party leader, is shot dead near Jadharpur village in Bareilly district. |
| 04/02/1942 | Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet. |
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