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Historical Event on 1/24/1948

Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
9/2/1918Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born.
6/12/1976Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi.
6/15/1899Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
2/16/1944Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory.
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.