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Historical Event on 11/24/1989

Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
8/23/2000Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.
4/24/1993IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
8/16/1946Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.