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Historical Event on 6/24/1897

Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.

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7/12/1909Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.
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8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
4/1/1930Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
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3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
11/27/1946London announces parley on India; Muslims accept, Hindus decline.
5/10/1909Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.