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Historical Event on 12/24/1993
Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1995 | National Sports Day declared. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
| 7/31/1948 | State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta. |
| 8/1/1922 | Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat . |
| 8/11/1908 | Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers. |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 1/2/1905 | Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born. |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 1/19/1995 | Goa Cong (I) government led by Pratap Singh Rane gets absolute majority when 4-members of MGP merged with Congress. |
| 7/1/1999 | K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow. |
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