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Historical Event on 3/24/1981

Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1984Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
9/15/1993Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.
11/20/1907Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
1/30/1999Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999.
5/11/1911Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.
12/1/1998Dhian Singh (103), freedom fighter dies at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Army and was jailed a number of times during the freedom movement.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.