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Historical Event on 9/24/1859
Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.
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| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
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| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 9/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
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