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Historical Event on 4/24/1973

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
2/14/16285th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned.
9/5/1888Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
10/2/1904Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
3/3/1996Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)