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Historical Event on 4/24/1996
Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 7/7/1943 | Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore. |
| 8/1/1899 | Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born. |
| 1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 10/30/2000 | The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev. |
| 10/22/1999 | The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'. |
| 9/14/1893 | Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started. |
| 5/1/1996 | Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court. |
| 5/1/1996 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
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