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Historical Event on 12/24/1891
Chandra Singh Garhwali, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Masson, Patti Chauthan, Tehsil Thalisain, District Garhwal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/24/1891 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 4/8/1894 | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. |
| 10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
| 2/16/1997 | Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 9/30/1894 | Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born. |
| 9/29/2000 | India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 11/21/1998 | India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo. |
| 3/17/1957 | New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in. |
| 3/2/1938 | Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
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