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Historical Event on 4/24/1918
Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1959 | For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa. |
| 1/19/1963 | Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away. |
| 9/15/1861 | Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. |
| 4/6/1992 | Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started. |
| 1/1/1973 | Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised. |
| 2/5/1922 | Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)"", etc. |
| 12/15/1908 | Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
| 5/17/1999 | Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it. |
| 5/29/1933 | Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'. |
| 3/3/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
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