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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 9/24/1629 |
Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
| 9/24/1674 |
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'. |
| 9/24/1726 |
King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 9/24/1777 |
Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born. |
| 9/24/1815 |
John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
| 9/24/1829 |
Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born. |
| 9/24/1856 |
Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away. |
| 9/24/1859 |
Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal. |
| 9/24/1861 |
Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work. |
| 9/24/1873 |
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
| 9/24/1914 |
Janardan Swami was born. |
| 9/24/1921 |
Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born. |
| 9/24/1922 |
Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 9/24/1931 |
19 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir. |
| 9/24/1932 |
Poona Pact' was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. This historical agreement allowed increased representation for untouchables. Also, Gandhi ended his fast. |
| 9/24/1932 |
Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"". |
| 9/24/1934 |
Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai. |
| 9/24/1936 |
It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity. |
| 9/24/1938 |
Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India. |
| 9/24/1947 |
Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir. |
| 9/24/1992 |
Five selected regional TV channels go national by direct linking to INSAT. |
| 9/24/1992 |
India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi. |
| 9/24/1992 |
Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges. |
| 9/24/1992 |
Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one. |
| 9/24/1994 |
At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat. |
| 9/24/1995 |
Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University. |
| 9/24/1997 |
I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat. |
| 9/24/1997 |
E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore. |
| 9/24/1997 |
I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting. |
| 9/24/1998 |
In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999. |
| 9/24/1999 |
The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad. |
| 9/24/1999 |
India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/3/2000 | Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products. |
| 6/21/1998 | India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/2/1891 | Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born. |
| 3/9/1998 | Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title. |
| 3/27/1898 | Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh. |
| 6/1/1959 | The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India. |
| 3/25/1997 | Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 3/5/1922 | Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman. |
| 10/21/1998 | Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad. |
| 12/19/1927 | Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association. |
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