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Historical Event on 9/24/1856
Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/4/1987 | Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan. |
| 12/20/1969 | Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died. |
| 11/29/1989 | Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 9/10/2000 | Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship. |
| 4/2/1953 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away. |
| 1/14/1964 | Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row. |
| 5/6/1775 | Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested. |
| 8/22/1877 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka. |
| 6/30/1997 | Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives. |
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