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Historical Event on 10/24/1868
Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1932 | Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign. |
| 7/12/1864 | Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born. |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 5/19/1956 | The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi. |
| 10/26/1990 | V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay. |
| 12/14/1999 | G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund. |
| 6/1/1959 | N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party. |
| 7/12/1993 | West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died. |
| 6/3/1947 | British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947. |
| 10/2/1999 | Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support. |
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