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Historical Event on 7/24/1994

Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
5/22/1961Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
8/20/1995Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
2/8/1872Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
11/12/1929First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur.