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Historical Event on 11/24/1924

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.
3/19/1962Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
10/27/1605Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. After his death his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.