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Historical Event on 12/24/1993

Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1998Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.
9/22/1996Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
4/1/1989Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.