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Historical Event on 6/24/1966
Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1996 | India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England. |
| 2/3/1997 | Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes. |
| 4/7/1987 | In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance. |
| 12/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India. |
| 11/24/1924 | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born. |
| 12/11/1990 | Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992 |
| 11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 12/23/2000 | The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''. |
| 1/25/1988 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987). |
| 5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
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