|
|
Historical Event on 2/24/1957
General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
| 5/27/1999 | Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party. |
| 2/21/1878 | Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris. |
| 8/2/1987 | Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title. |
| 9/5/1988 | The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill. |
| 5/27/1968 | Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously. |
| 5/4/1799 | Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam. |
| 4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 9/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
