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Historical Event on 3/24/1896
Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/5/1996 | Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away. |
| 9/10/1920 | Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal. |
| 4/16/1959 | Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning. |
| 4/12/1873 | Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala. |
| 6/25/1983 | India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies. |
| 5/22/1996 | United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party. |
| 10/10/1995 | G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 11/5/1605 | Accession of Jahangir |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
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