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Historical Event on 4/24/1888

Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1994Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.
11/3/1900Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born.
8/26/1997Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner.
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
4/10/1982Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral).
5/10/1910Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
11/6/1997Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
6/6/1867Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.