24 FEB HISTORY EVENTS
Today in Indian History Events for February 24
24-February-1483Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
24-February-1674Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
24-February-1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
24-February-1867Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born.
24-February-1880Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born.
24-February-1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
24-February-1922Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.
24-February-1924Mahatma Gandhi released from jail.
24-February-1936Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away.
24-February-1946Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.
24-February-1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
24-February-1950G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born.
24-February-1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
24-February-1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
24-February-1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
24-February-1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
24-February-1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
24-February-199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
24-February-1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian)
24-February-1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
24-February-1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
24-February-1996S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India.
24-February-1997Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
24-February-2000The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.