24 October - India on this day34 events

Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.

Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.

Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.

Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born.

Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born.

Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta.

Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.

Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born.

Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.

Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.

Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.

Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra.

Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.

Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.

Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

UNO Day.

Selection of the Dassault Ouragan fighter from France at this time reflected the decision to initiate diversification of supply sources. The first four of over 100 Ouragans, or 'Toofanis' as they were to become known in the IAF, reached Palam Airport from France and this type re-equipped Nos.8, 3 and 4 Squadrons in that order.

Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam.

Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance.

First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city.

BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.

Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.

A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.

Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.

Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.

Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.

The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.

Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.

First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.

Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.

Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.

Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.

Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.

Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.