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Historical Event on 6/24/1885
Tara Singh, freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master, was born in the village Haryal, District Rawalpindi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/11/1946 | Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
| 7/1/1982 | MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children. |
| 6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 7/8/1972 | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 12/28/1921 | Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
| 4/22/1930 | Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts. |
| 9/5/1888 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras. |
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