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Historical Event on 2/24/1922

Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
12/15/1976Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
12/11/1991Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
1/4/1931Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.