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Historical Event on 10/24/1505
Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1996 | Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket. |
| 5/2/1998 | The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas. |
| 3/31/1977 | N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980. |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
| 1/1/1976 | Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started. |
| 11/14/1914 | Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati. |
| 2/28/1928 | C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 10/3/1907 | Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born. |
| 4/23/1926 | Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away. |
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