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Historical Event on 12/24/1924

Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1924Karpoori Thakur ""Jan Nayak"", freedom fighter, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, was born in village Samastipur, District Bihar.
1/20/1997The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
8/5/1999The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.
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.
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
11/15/1999The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.