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Historical Event on 9/24/1861

Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1902Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.
6/30/1991A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam.
9/22/1991Durga Khote, film actress and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 86 years.
12/6/1962India closes its consulates in Communist China.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
1/30/1996The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.