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Historical Event on 10/24/1955
Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1957 | Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 7/1/1927 | Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
| 2/17/1948 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). |
| 9/21/1966 | Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
| 8/10/1982 | Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated. |
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