24 March2023 : Today in History | What Happened on this Day?
Find out what happened on 23 March - Every day of the calendar has historical importance. Going back and tracing dates is fun as every date has an interesting fact. So here are some handpicked fun facts for you to enjoy.
Historical Events On
24-March-1307
Malik Kafur,
Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was
entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where
Alauddin received him until his death in 1312.
24-March-1855
First, long-distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of
1,300 km.
24-March-1896
Thiripad V. T.
Bhatt, author and journalist, was born.
24-March-1902
Anusilan Samiti,
a revolutionary organisation, was formed in Bengal.
24-March-1924
Virendra Kumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born.
24-March-1944
Manmohan Singh, a famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
24-March-1946
British Cabinet
Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence.
24-March-1947
Lord Louis
Mountbatten came to India.
24-March-1968
The second
Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' was successfully launched at the Thumba station.
24-March-1974
Lokprabha weekly
started its publication.
24-March-1977
Morarji Desai was elected leader of the Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India in
New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister
till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
24-March-1977
Ban on RSS and
26 other organisations lifted.
24-March-1981
Bombay beat
Delhi by an inning and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
24-March-1984
Dilraj Singh,
Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
24-March-1987
First
developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite
Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payloada for launch vehicle performance
monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40
seconds of its launching.
24-March-1990
Indian Peace
Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern
provinces of Sri Lanka.
24-March-1991
Bhau Samarth,
internationaly famed painter, passed away.
24-March-1992
Congress (I)
strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
24-March-1993
Six of Memon
family escape to Karachi.
24-March-1995
Devchand
Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
24-March-1998
G.M.C. Balayogi
of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the
BJP-led Government.
24-March-1998
200 people are
killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll
includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
24-March-2000 Rupali Repale of
India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island
channel-both ways.
