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Historical Event on 2/24/1936

Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1987Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.
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1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
1/18/1947Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.