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Historical Event on 4/24/1942

Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
10/11/1876Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
11/19/1985Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.
3/10/1999Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote.
2/14/1881Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta.
4/29/1948Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away.