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Historical Event on 04/24/1311
General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1907 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born. |
| 8/10/1905 | Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born. |
| 1/29/1997 | Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai. |
| 4/17/1975 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras. |
| 9/27/1703 | More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 7/24/1783 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas. |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/28/1950 | The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively. |
| 3/26/1972 | The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri. |
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