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Historical Event on 3/24/1924
Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1983 | Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi. |
| 7/24/1998 | India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier. |
| 12/6/1952 | First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed. |
| 1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
| 12/23/1926 | Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid. |
| 1/15/1949 | General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day. |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 5/3/1959 | Sadhvi Uma GulabSingh Bharti was born in Dunda, Distt. Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 9/1/1942 | Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army. |
| 11/13/1908 | Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born. |
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