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Historical Event on 4/24/1972

Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
3/24/1981Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
10/19/1925B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.