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Historical Event on 2/24/1986

Rukmini Devi passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1994Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM.
1/3/1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
9/11/1888Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
5/20/1987G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.