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Historical Event on 12/24/1902
Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company.
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| 2/15/1945 | Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma. |
| 11/11/1979 | President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India. |
| 12/1/1991 | Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara. |
| 1/19/1997 | Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta. |
| 2/27/1854 | Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. |
| 8/21/1879 | Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 1/12/1934 | Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers. |
| 1/27/1984 | First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 10/4/1857 | Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, was born at Mandvi village, Gujarat. |
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