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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Today Importance - 24th August

24-August-1600

The first ship of East India Company 'Hector' arrived at Surat port.

24-August-1608

The first British convoy landed in Surat.

24-August-1689

The city of Calcutta was established.

24-August-1690

This date is celebrated as Calcutta Day, because Job Charnak settled in Calcutta.

24-August-1833

Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', a versatile writer and social reformer of Gujarati language, was born.

24-August-1888

Congress leader of Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher was born in Ratnagiri.

24-August-1889

K. Kelappan, a freedom fighter, social reformer, revolutionary, educationist and journalist, was born in Calicut village of Kerala district.

24-August-1908

Shivaram Hari Rajguru (1908 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary born in Khed. He is primarily known for his involvement in the assassination of a British Raj police officer in Lahore and was also a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, which wanted to free India from British rule by any means necessary. He was hanged by the English government alongside Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev Thapar.

24-August-1911

Revolutionary freedom fighter Veena Das was born in Krishna Nagar, Kolkata. He also fought against the Simon Commission and during the "Chattagong Ammunition War" of 1930. He participated in the assassination of Governor Stanley Jackson.

24-August-1916

Birth of famous geologist Adinath Lahiri.

24-August-1925

Death of Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar.

24-August-1946

Viceroy Wavell circulated the plan.

24-August-1946

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was appointed as the head of the Interim Government of India. Lord Wavell, the British Viceroy of India, selected him as the Vice President of the Executive Council of India. Nehru led a non-violent resistance campaign against the British rule.

24-August-1947

About 10,000 people are believed to have died in the border conflict in Punjab.

24-August-1952

Announcement of merger of Samajtantrik Dal and Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party.

24-August-1959

England won the series against India 5–0.

24-August-1966

Mihir Sen swimming in the Gibraltar Channel.

24-August-1968

Renowned Indian economist Radhakamal Mukherjee has passed away.

24 August 1969

M. Hidayatullah has retired from the post of acting President. He was the first acting President of India.

24 August 1969

Barahgiri Venkata Giri (1884-1980), turned into the fourth Leader of India. He remained on this post till 24 August 1974. GS Pathak took oath as the Vice President of India.

24-August-1971

A crowd stormed the ground when India beat England by four wickets for their first ever cricket win in London.

24-August-1972

Gandhian poet and painter Namakkal Kabignar passed away.

24 August 1974

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed turned into the fifth Leader of India. He remained on this post till 11 February 1977.

24 August 1974

Varahgiri Venkata Giri (1884–1980) retired as President.

24-August-1993

The government adjourned the debate on the Religion Bill after it failed to muster a two-thirds majority.

24-August-1993

Veteran cricketer and 30-year-old non-Test batsman Dinkar Balwant Deodhar passed away at the age of 101. He coached Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli.

24-August-1997

Clashes between Indian and Pakistani troops that began on August 15 are continuing in the Kargil, Uri and Kupwara sectors of Jammu and Kashmir. There is news of the death of 50 Pakistani soldiers and 5 Indian soldiers. Full alert has been given on the Line of Control.

24-August-1997

The Central Government has decided to exclude the category of 'superior' varieties of rice for procurement.

24-August-1998

Leander Paes was ranked 73rd in tennis singles. This was his highest singles ranking.

24-August-2000

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation celebrated the 310th birth anniversary of the city. A web portal has also been launched in Kolkata on the occasion.