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Historical Event on 4/24/1972

Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1959Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.
12/15/1980Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
6/20/1994Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
10/4/1907Riots in Calcutta.
11/7/1907Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
4/18/1612Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.