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Historical Event on 2/24/1922
Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1918 | Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash. |
| 1/5/1948 | Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan. |
| 6/29/1992 | Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship. |
| 2/9/1874 | Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born. |
| 5/13/1997 | Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission. |
| 2/16/1931 | Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time. |
| 6/18/1858 | Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior. |
| 3/1/1994 | Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57. |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
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