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Historical Event on 9/24/1861

Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1994Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
11/6/2000Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.
5/26/1945Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born.