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Historical Event on 2/24/1674
Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal. |
| 11/6/1997 | Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks. |
| 3/24/1896 | Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born. |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 1/1/1973 | Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised. |
| 8/4/1993 | Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress. |
| 10/3/1957 | Republican Party of India established. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
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