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Historical Event on 4/24/1966
Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/26/2000 | The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 2/27/1996 | Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt. |
| 3/24/1902 | Anusilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation, was formed in Bengal. |
| 9/3/1931 | Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar. |
| 9/14/1965 | Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports. |
| 11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 5/31/1981 | First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. |
| 5/25/1979 | Commercial Unity Day started. |
| 2/3/1983 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'. |
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