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Historical Event on 9/24/1934
Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/6/1905 | Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar. |
| 2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
| 9/26/1932 | Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born. |
| 6/20/1972 | Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay. |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 7/14/1856 | Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born. |
| 6/9/1964 | Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
| 11/6/1904 | Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
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