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Historical Event on 4/24/1858

Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
11/5/1931M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
4/5/1989Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
2/27/1956G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
4/3/1994Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns.
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.