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Historical Event on 1/24/1948

Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1881Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
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5/19/1951Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away.
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
9/6/2000Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.