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Historical Event on 2/24/1924
Mahatma Gandhi released from jail.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/19/1992 | An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls. |
3/25/1928 | S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born. |
8/9/1902 | King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast. |
6/2/1975 | India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada. |
6/5/1996 | Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away. |
12/6/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay. |
7/31/1980 | Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40. |
5/29/1987 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs. |
3/25/1927 | Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
10/15/1866 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born. |
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