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History Of Day

Historical events February 24.

1739: The Battle of Karnal – Nader Shah forces defeated the army of Muhammad Shah.

1786: Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India.

1822: The world’s first Swaminarayan temple was inaugurated at Ahmedabad.

1882: The infectious disease Tuberculosis (TB) was identified.

1919: Anti-Rowlatt Satyagraha movement was started by Gandhi Ji against The Rowlatt Act,1919 for the exclusion of freedom of press and detention without trial set up a Satyagraha Sabha on this day at Bombay.

1920: Establishment of the Nazi Party.

1924: Mahatma Gandhi Was Released From Jail on health ground.

1952: Employees State Insurance Scheme (ESIC) was launched in India.

1961: The government decided to rename the state of Madras as Tamil Nadu.

1987: Scientist Ian Sheldon discovered the bright nebula 1987-A in the Magellanic constellation. It was then 168,000 light-years away from the earth.

2001: Pakistan agreed to negotiate nuclear deterrence with India.

2008: Fidel Castro retired as President of Cuba after 32 years.

2009: The Central government of India announced a reduction in service tax and excise duty.

2010: Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score the first double century in an ODI cricket match.

 

Famous birthdays and birth anniversaries – February 24.

1304: Ibn Battuta, a Muslim Berber Moroccan scholar and explorer.

1670: Rajaram I, the younger son of Maratha ruler Shivaji Maharaj.

1924: Talat Mahmood, an Indian playback singer.

1938: Philip Knight, the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc.

1939: Joy Mukherjee, an Indian film actor, and director.

1942: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic.

1948: J. Jayalalithaa, an Indian politician and film actress.

1955: Steven Jobs, an American business magnate and co-founder of Apple Inc.

1963: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, an Indian film director, and producer.

 

Death anniversaries– February 24.

1810: Henry Cavendish, an English natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist.

1815: Robert Fulton, an American engineer, and inventor.

1986: Rukmini Devi Arundale, an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer.

1998: Lalita Pawar, a prolific Indian actress.

2011: Anant Pai, an Indian educationalist and a pioneer in Indian comics.

2018: Sridevi, an Indian actress, and producer.

 

 

 

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