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Historical Event on 6/24/1869
Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/10/1886 | Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore. |
3/7/1996 | Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians. |
2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
10/10/1998 | Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
10/1/1978 | In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females. |
7/13/1988 | Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit. |
3/1/1939 | Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal. |
4/17/1946 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away. |
3/15/1831 | First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji. |
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