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Historical Event on 12/24/1921
Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1965 | Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan. |
| 2/8/1943 | Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine. |
| 9/25/1936 | Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India. |
| 11/9/1841 | Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 3/10/1993 | The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
| 6/13/1940 | Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre. |
| 12/1/1999 | Supreme Court quashes a pending inquiry initiated by the Election Commission against former Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh. |
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