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Historical Event on 9/24/1932
Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1932 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 9/14/1949 | Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate. |
| 6/24/1946 | Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi. |
| 2/19/1997 | Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P. |
| 2/18/1946 | Cabinet Mission in India. |
| 8/21/1931 | Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 12/22/1843 | Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish. |
| 11/25/1948 | National Cadet Corps was first established. |
| 4/12/1801 | Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab. |
| 5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
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