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Historical Event on 4/24/1965
Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1956 | India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak. |
| 7/4/1994 | Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died. |
| 7/4/1897 | Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement. |
| 10/5/1907 | British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 12/14/1999 | India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test. |
| 7/6/1927 | Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 7/7/1998 | Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
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