Today Importance - 24th February
24-March-1307
Alauddin Khilji's general Malik Kafur conquered the impregnable fort of Devagiri. Enemies entered the fort. Raja Ramdev was captured and sent to Delhi where Alauddin received him until his death in 1312.
24-March-1855
The primary significant distance wire message was opened among Agra and Calcutta, a distance of 1,300 km.
24-March-1896
Thiripada VT Bhatt, writer and journalist, is born.
24-March-1902
A Revolutionary Organization Practice Committee was formed in Bengal.
24-March-1924
Birendrakumar Bhattacharya, Jnanpith awardee and Assamese novelist, is born.
24-March-1944
Manmohan Singh, noted economist and finance minister of India, was born.
24-March-1946
The British Cabinet Mission headed by Lord Pethick Lawrence came to India.
24-March-1947
Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
24-March-1968
The second Indian rocket 'Menaka' was successfully launched from Thumba station.
24-March-1974
Lokprabha started its publication weekly.
24-March-1977
Morarji Desai was elected leader of the Janata Party and was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India in New Delhi. Later he formed his own cabinet. He held the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was the first non-Congress government in India.
24-March-1977
Ban on RSS and 26 other organizations lifted.
24-March-1981
Bombay won the Ranji Trophy defeating Delhi by an innings and 46 runs.
24-March-1984
Soccer (football) player Dilraj Singh was born in Vancouver, Canada.
24-March-1987
First formative send off of new age rocket ASLV 'Extended Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). It carries payloads for launch vehicle performance monitoring and gamma ray astronomy. It sank two minutes and 40 seconds after launch.
24-March-1990
The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) has been completely withdrawn from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
24-March-1991
Internationally renowned painter Bau Samarth passed away.
24-March-1992
The biennial elections saw an increase in the strength of the Congress (I) in the Rajya Sabha by six seats.
24-March-1993
Six members of the Memon family fled to Karachi.
24-March-1995
Famous table tennis player Devchand Somaiya passed away.
24-March-1998
GMC Balayogi of the Telugu Desam has been elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led government.
24-March-1998
The cyclone killed 200 individuals on the two sides of the West Bengal-Orissa line. The toll includes 80 people from West Bengal's Medinipur district.
24-March-2000
India's Rupali Rapali became both the first woman to swim the Robben Island Channel and the youngest ever.
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