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Historical Event on 5/24/1999
Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1902 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/6/1954 | Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India. |
| 2/14/1996 | President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation. |
| 4/30/1999 | Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant. |
| 4/30/1999 | Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh. |
| 4/14/1907 | P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 3/17/1920 | Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh. |
| 9/5/1793 | Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala. |
| 8/9/1902 | King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast. |
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