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Historical Event on 11/24/1924
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 4/15/1932 | Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born. |
| 1/8/1925 | Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"". |
| 11/1/1966 | Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana. |
| 10/19/1983 | Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler. |
| 2/24/1948 | The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February. |
| 8/1/1966 | Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab. |
| 11/15/2000 | India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''. |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 12/10/1996 | Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries. |
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