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Historical Event on 9/24/1992
India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1999 | Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district. |
| 2/8/1959 | The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President. |
| 5/23/1998 | L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs. |
| 12/11/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away. |
| 10/29/1999 | The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore. |
| 10/26/1943 | Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta. |
| 5/4/1959 | Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 1/6/1932 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born. |
| 3/25/1927 | Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
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