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Historical Event on 12/24/1809

Christopher ""Kit"" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
5/23/1805Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
12/13/1984The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.