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Historical Event on 11/24/1989

Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1991Ajit Singh expelled from the JD.
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.
5/22/1927M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh.
2/1/1994PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
9/9/1991Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.