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Historical Event on 12/24/1894
The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/16/1920 | Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born. |
| 2/10/1957 | Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/18/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt. |
| 9/7/1931 | Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 11/19/1999 | New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
| 6/8/1992 | Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached. |
| 7/4/1789 | British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three. |
| 12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
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