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Historical Event on 7/24/1932
Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
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| 3/24/1896 | Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 4/13/1919 | Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. |
| 8/1/1952 | Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot. |
| 1/10/1964 | Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta. |
| 2/7/1994 | C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 6/5/1659 | Dara Shukoh celebrated his coronation at Deorai after the final defeat. |
| 1/26/1992 | Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years. |
| 6/17/1993 | Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation . |
| 7/1/1947 | Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh). |
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