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Historical Event on 11/24/1924
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1923 | Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India. |
| 9/30/1881 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/11/1994 | The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act. |
| 9/4/1980 | Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi. |
| 3/17/1988 | First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space. |
| 2/18/1996 | Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya. |
| 4/15/1984 | Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. |
| 1/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
| 12/15/1965 | Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river. |
| 8/1/1953 | Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas. |
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