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Historical Event on 4/24/1974

Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1953Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born.
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
11/1/1974Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad.
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
12/31/1943Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born.
2/19/1993SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
9/27/1989The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.