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Historical Event on 4/24/1966

Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad.

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2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
4/8/1894Bankim 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'.
3/19/1999The banned Maoist Communist Centre kills 34 Bhumihars at Senari village in Jehanabad district in Bihar.
10/22/1873Swami Rama Tirtha, great social reformer and poet, was born at Murariwala village of Gujranwala district. He lectured throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedant
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.