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Historical Event on 3/24/1995

Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
2/5/2000A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities.
10/26/1891Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
10/27/1998L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
6/9/1909Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.