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Historical Event on 2/24/1924

Mahatma Gandhi released from jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
1/19/1907Mohammad Ali Mirza was crowned as the ""Shah-E-Iran"" in a grand function held in Royal Palace, Tehran. This coronation was performed on the precious throne ""Thakt-E-Taus"" which was made by Emperor Shahjahan, and was taken away from India during the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1738 AD.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
3/4/1879Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.