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Historical Event on 10/24/1868
Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/21/1911 | Central Bank of India established. |
| 7/13/1964 | Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 11/6/2000 | Richa Mishra creates a national record in the women's 400m individual medley in 5.15.28sec in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta. |
| 7/13/1997 | A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly). |
| 9/30/1999 | India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'. |
| 12/19/1984 | 2,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 9/5/1979 | Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma. |
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