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Historical Event on 5/24/1903
Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/1993 | The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu. |
| 1/31/1963 | Peacock declared as National Bird of India. |
| 1/4/1940 | Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 1/19/1996 | Upendranath 'Ashk', noted Hindi literary figure known for his disputed writings, passed away. |
| 5/17/2000 | The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place. |
| 8/10/1979 | Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit. |
| 10/6/1963 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died. |
| 5/14/1995 | Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people. |
| 7/5/1658 | Aurangzeb arrested Murad. |
| 11/15/1937 | Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska |
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