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Historical Event on 10/24/1933
Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1963 | D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment. |
| 6/17/2000 | Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi. |
| 3/31/1871 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 7/24/1997 | Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali. |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 7/6/1927 | Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 6/21/1930 | Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob. |
| 3/21/1993 | The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM. |
| 3/9/1998 | Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title. |
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