Today Importance - 24th March

Today Importance - 24th March

24-March-1307

Alauddin Khilji's commander Malik Kafur conquered the impregnable fort of Devanagari. The enemies entered the fort. Raja Ramdev was captured and sent to Delhi where he was welcomed by Alauddin until his death in 1312.

24-March-1855

The principal 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, Abhyas Samiti, was formed in Bengal.

24-March-1924

Jnanpith Award winner and Assamese novelist Birendrakumar Bhattacharya is born.

24-March-1944

India's famous economist and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh 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

Second Indian rocket 'Maneka' successfully launched from Thumba station.

24 March 1974

Lokprabha started its weekly publication.

24 March 1977

Morarji Desai was elected leader of the Janata Party and was sworn in as Prime Minister of India in New Delhi. Later he formed his own cabinet. He remained Prime Minister till 28 July 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 by 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). This launch vehicle carries payloads for performance monitoring and gamma ray astronomy. It sank two minutes and 40 seconds after launch.

24 March 1990

Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) has been completely withdrawn from the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.

24 March 1991

Internationally renowned painter Bhau Samarth passed away.

24 March 1992

Due to the biennial elections, Congress(I)'s strength in the Rajya Sabha increased to 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

G.M.C. Telugu Desam's Balayogi has been elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the BJP-led government's candidate.

24 March 1998

200 people died in the tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The dead include 80 people from Medinipur district of West Bengal.

24-March-2000

India's Rupali Rapal is the first woman and youngest person to swim across the Robben Island Channel on both sides.