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Historical Event on 11/24/1948
Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
| 10/19/1910 | Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 9/24/1999 | India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam. |
| 7/5/1993 | Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal. |
| 1/30/1996 | Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe. |
| 9/23/1803 | British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye. |
| 3/1/1818 | Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
| 12/9/1942 | Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China. |
| 9/20/1932 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables. |
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