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Historical Event on 10/24/1954
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/19/1757 | The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company. |
| 8/5/1965 | M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born. |
| 5/1/1983 | Amravati University established. |
| 12/22/1995 | A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia. |
| 3/24/1974 | Lokprabha weekly started its publication. |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 2/25/1992 | Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab. |
| 10/15/1961 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. |
| 9/18/1993 | Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died. |
| 12/31/1941 | Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras. |
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