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Historical Event on 2/24/1946
Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 8/22/1818 | Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85. |
| 9/4/1947 | Gandhiji breaks fast. |
| 4/23/1955 | Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons. |
| 9/1/1668 | Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England. |
| 10/6/1862 | Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862. |
| 5/8/1996 | Poll counting begins. |
| 12/16/1922 | Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle. |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
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