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Historical Event on 12/24/1972

Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1993The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
2/19/1997Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.