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Historical Event on 4/24/1974

Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1975Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
11/24/1991Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
7/4/1760Meeran, Mir Jaffer's son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.