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Historical Event on 4/24/1972
Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/10/2000 | Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999. |
| 2/7/1999 | Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi. |
| 8/1/1963 | Soviets offer India arms to block China. |
| 2/10/1897 | Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P). |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 4/22/1998 | India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region. |
| 11/28/1890 | Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai. |
| 7/17/1987 | V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India. |
| 8/2/1970 | Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary. |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
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