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Historical Event on 5/24/1875
Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1920 | Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal. |
| 1/21/1882 | Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 4/15/1963 | Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad. |
| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
| 7/1/1949 | M. Venkaiah Rangaiah Naidu was born in Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh). |
| 8/15/1867 | Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'. |
| 8/11/1911 | Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born. |
| 4/18/1898 | Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials. |
| 12/4/1910 | Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born. |
| 2/12/1922 | Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement. |
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