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Historical Event on 10/24/1904
Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 11/2/2000 | John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI. |
| 3/2/1997 | Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit. |
| 1/3/1997 | Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds. |
| 8/20/1944 | Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay. |
| 2/8/1921 | Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated. |
| 8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
| 4/8/1998 | Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party. |
| 4/11/1931 | Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai. |
| 7/4/1922 | Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad. |
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