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Historical Event on 4/24/1942

Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1834East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State.
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
9/11/1968Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.
1/8/1941Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.
11/1/1913Ghadar Movement started at San Francisco.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.