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Historical Event on 10/24/1933

Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/21/1998India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.