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Historical Event on 2/24/1674
Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1927 | Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 4/27/1907 | Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
| 4/27/1907 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 10/22/1764 | The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 11/25/1890 | Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born. |
| 5/10/1901 | Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 7/8/1928 | Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
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