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Historical Event on 4/24/1942
Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/21/1969 | Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes. |
| 11/7/1907 | Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra. |
| 10/17/1999 | Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla. |
| 1/16/1989 | Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs. |
| 7/21/1883 | Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta. |
| 9/18/1967 | English was adopted the official language of Nagaland . |
| 8/20/1985 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur. |
| 12/12/1959 | Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras. |
| 1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
| 3/30/1929 | Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London. |
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