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Historical Event on 2/24/1986
Rukmini Devi passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 1/20/1992 | Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup. |
| 9/13/1928 | Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
| 3/18/1948 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
| 8/29/1976 | Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh. |
| 8/7/1980 | Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York. |
| 11/17/1928 | Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and |
| 1/4/1972 | Pakistan proposed to talk after the war. |
| 3/3/1885 | Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt). |
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