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Historical Event on 2/24/1899
Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/16/1993 | Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded. |
| 6/17/1674 | Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 6/29/1864 | Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee, great judge, educationist and lawyer of Bengal, was born at Calcutta. |
| 3/25/1933 | Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 1/26/1950 | Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath. |
| 2/21/1973 | V. R. Sonalkar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31-07-1974. |
| 12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
| 5/23/1997 | The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh. |
| 3/31/1942 | During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security. |
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