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Historical Event on 10/24/1991
Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
5/14/1994 | LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. |
3/13/1940 | Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London. |
2/19/1855 | U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born. |
7/25/1976 | Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77. |
9/20/1993 | First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit. |
1/24/1957 | Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made. |
11/8/1988 | At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman. |
10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
7/29/1996 | Aruna Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and player of important role in Quit India Movement, passed away in New Delhi. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
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