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Historical Event on 6/24/1966
Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/11/1931 | Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai. |
| 5/26/1983 | R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away. |
| 4/2/1902 | Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born. |
| 11/1/1973 | Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka. |
| 8/13/1951 | Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 5/25/1611 | Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan. |
| 9/16/1996 | First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
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