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Historical Event on 10/24/1856
Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1991 | General Election (10th) of India begins. |
| 7/4/1902 | Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39. |
| 6/6/1986 | Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police. |
| 9/24/1938 | Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India. |
| 9/14/1932 | Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 8/11/2000 | Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset. |
| 8/11/1911 | Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born. |
| 7/12/1970 | Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives. |
| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 5/18/1955 | Hindu Marriage Act is amended. |
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