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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.