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Historical Event on 3/24/1944

Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1910Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
12/15/1965Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established.
9/26/1977Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
9/12/1779Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.