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Historical Event on 1/24/1857
Calcutta University established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 6/18/1946 | First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese. |
| 3/15/1941 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun. |
| 9/3/1953 | Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away. |
| 12/27/1975 | 372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state. |
| 11/6/1931 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away. |
| 7/14/1656 | Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born. |
| 4/14/1916 | Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/3/1984 | 3,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India. |
| 7/5/1981 | Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory. |
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