Today Importance - 24th February
24-February-1483
Sheikh Mirza, head of the Fargana state, was born in Turkmenistan.
24-February-1674
Prataprao Gurjar, a great Maratha warrior, died during the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
24-February-1786
Charles Cornwallis was selected the Lead representative General of India.
24-February-1867
Kedarnath Das, gut physiologist, is born.
24-February-1880
The great Kannada poet Satyanarayana was born.
24-February-1899
Film distributor Mahesh Chandra Burjarjee was born in Billimoria.
24-February-1922
Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted in 1948 MCG Test for India), born in Darkati, Punjab.
24-February-1924
Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail.
24-February-1936
Famous Marathi poetess Lakshmibai Tilak passed away.
24-February-1946
Shrimati Kashibai and Shrimati Babai Laxman, freedom fighters, were killed in police firing.
24-February-1948
The state of Junagadh, whose accession was opposed by Pakistan in the United Nations Security Council, voted in favor of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
24-February-1950
G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, is born.
24-February-1957
The Indian General Election (2nd) has begun.
24-February-1961
The name of the Madras State Government was changed to Tamil Nadu.
24-February-1986
Rukmini Devi passed away.
24-February-1988
Prithvi, India's first indigenously designed 250 km surface-to-surface tactical missile, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India is the fifth country to develop such a missile.
24-February-1994
Sharp increase in freight rates in the Railway Budget for 1994-95; The Pre-Budget Economic Survey puts the GDP growth rate at 3.8% for 1993-94.
24-February-1995
Twenty-five jawans were killed in a blast on the Brahmaputra train near Neellong station, about 200 km from Guwahati.
24-February-1995
A full bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. The Kerala High Court in Parida Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam struck down the words "adultery with adultery", "adultery with cruelty" and "abandonment with adultery" in Section 10 of the Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
24-February-1995
Rishang Keishing (Congress-I) took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of Manipur.
24-February-1996
Naresh Chandra was designated India's diplomat to the US.
24-February-1996
South Korean President Kim Yong Sam is on a visit to India.
24-February-1997
Notorious murder suspect Charles Chavez will be extradited to France after spending 20 years in Tihar Jail.
24-February-2000
Subrahmanyam committee report tabled in Lok Sabha The panel concluded that Pakistan's intrusion in Kargil caught Indian security agencies by surprise.
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