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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India. |
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Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619. |
| 10/24/1605 |
Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra. |
| 10/24/1657 |
Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. |
| 10/24/1789 |
Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born |
| 10/24/1827 |
Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
| 10/24/1851 |
First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km. |
| 10/24/1856 |
Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur. |
| 10/24/1868 |
Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born. |
| 10/24/1890 |
Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
| 10/24/1904 |
Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born. |
| 10/24/1930 |
Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
| 10/24/1933 |
Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals. |
| 10/24/1934 |
Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics. |
| 10/24/1934 |
Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/24/1938 |
Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur. |
| 10/24/1945 |
UNO Day. |
| 10/24/1953 |
Selection of the Dassault Ouragan fighter from France at this time reflected the decision to initiate diversification of supply sources. The first four of over 100 Ouragans, or 'Toofanis' as they were to become known in the IAF, reached Palam Airport from France and this type re-equipped Nos.8, 3 and 4 Squadrons in that order. |
| 10/24/1954 |
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 10/24/1955 |
Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra. |
| 10/24/1966 |
Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam. |
| 10/24/1975 |
Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
| 10/24/1984 |
First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city. |
| 10/24/1990 |
BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response. |
| 10/24/1991 |
Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
| 10/24/1992 |
Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects. |
| 10/24/1994 |
Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India. |
| 10/24/1994 |
The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld. |
| 10/24/1995 |
A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 10/24/1995 |
Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 10/24/1997 |
Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance. |
| 10/24/2000 |
Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur. |
| 10/24/2000 |
Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case. |
| 10/24/2000 |
Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1971 | Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies. |
| 8/16/1932 | Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation. |
| 2/2/1977 | Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party. |
| 1/3/1938 | Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan). |
| 3/25/1998 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99. |
| 10/21/1997 | RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates. |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
| 8/9/1788 | Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
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