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Historical Event on 1/24/1950
Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/1980 | Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died. |
| 3/7/1961 | Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
| 1/16/1896 | Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. |
| 3/1/1903 | Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born. |
| 9/15/1926 | Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes. |
| 4/20/1888 | 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
| 3/17/1999 | GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai. |
| 2/22/1885 | Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born. |
| 11/2/1956 | Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons. |
| 12/6/1946 | Homeguard Organination was established. |
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