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Historical Event on 4/24/1980
Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 3/20/1602 | United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies. |
| 10/3/1880 | Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi. |
| 11/19/1999 | New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. |
| 6/18/1992 | Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate. |
| 7/6/1927 | Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan). |
| 8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 2/20/1846 | Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore. |
| 9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
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