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Historical Event on 3/24/1924

Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.
5/21/1992Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
12/22/1887Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
2/1/1855East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.