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Historical Event on 1/24/1924

Karpoori Thakur ""Jan Nayak"", freedom fighter, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, was born in village Samastipur, District Bihar.

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3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
12/14/1979Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer, two Tests for India and bowling average of 205, died.
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
10/31/1962Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China.