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Historical Event on 1/24/1948
Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/29/1979 | Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93. |
| 4/25/1993 | Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 9/29/1964 | 1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst. |
| 8/11/1997 | Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati. |
| 4/5/1990 | Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords. |
| 7/29/1979 | Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
| 11/1/1996 | Michael Jackson show at Andheri sports complex in Mumbai. |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
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