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Historical Event on 10/24/1856
Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.
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| 4/13/1971 | Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. |
| 12/10/1918 | Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford. |
| 12/15/1997 | Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 2/7/1931 | Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born. |
| 4/24/1965 | Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal. |
| 3/26/1969 | Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize |
| 4/30/1981 | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985. |
| 11/30/2000 | Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. |
| 6/4/1993 | L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP. |
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