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Historical Event on 1/24/1948

Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).

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2/10/1806Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.
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1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
3/9/1997Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
3/23/199710 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation.