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Historical Event on 4/24/1965
Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1850 | Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born. |
| 12/14/1999 | G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund. |
| 11/5/1956 | Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary. |
| 4/23/1946 | Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence. |
| 5/5/1930 | Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year. |
| 5/5/1916 | Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab. |
| 8/6/1994 | Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust. |
| 2/19/1978 | Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"". |
| 10/21/1997 | Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet. |
| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
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