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Historical Event on 4/24/1996

Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.

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1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
6/7/1965Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.
1/31/1896Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born.
8/18/1872Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.
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1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.