Friday, 29 April 2016

24 APR HISTORY EVENTS

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April 24

Today in Indian History
Events for April 24

24-April-1311General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.
24-April-1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
24-April-1888Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo.
24-April-1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
24-April-1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
24-April-1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
24-April-1942Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41.
24-April-1944Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away.
24-April-1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
24-April-1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
24-April-1966Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad.
24-April-1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
24-April-1973Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.
24-April-1974Ramdhari Singh alias ‘Dinkar’, veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away.
24-April-1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
24-April-1993Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended.
24-April-1993IA’s Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
24-April-1994S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune.
24-April-1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.
24-April-1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
24-April-1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
24-April-1996SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct.
24-April-1998India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
24-April-199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.












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