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Historical Event on 04/24/1311

General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1990India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations.
8/10/1901Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai, great poet and educationist, was born in Quilon, Kerala.
7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
3/23/1923Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
10/9/1877Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa.