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Historical Event on 3/24/1947
Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/12/1992 | Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks. |
| 1/30/1988 | Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away. |
| 10/19/1905 | Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London. |
| 1/30/1908 | Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise. |
| 4/5/1908 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"". |
| 2/19/1956 | Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away. |
| 6/11/1931 | Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born. |
| 2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 10/16/1976 | Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting. |
| 10/16/1976 | Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi. |
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