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Historical Event on 10/24/1934
Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1948 | Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji. |
| 7/23/1988 | Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died. |
| 9/12/1786 | Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer. |
| 3/15/1946 | Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London. |
| 9/4/1993 | New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank. |
| 8/5/1981 | Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J). |
| 2/17/1698 | Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege. |
| 6/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 10/23/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. |
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