#Todayhistory_24 November

24-November-History

24-November-1899           Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District. 

24-November-1919           Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi. 

24-November-1924           Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.

24-November-1926           Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'.

24-November-1930           Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra.

24-November-1932           The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.

24-November-1941           Attack on Pearl Harbour also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor

24-November-1941           Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.

24-November-1952           Brijesh Parsuram Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77), was born in Baroda.

24-November-1963           Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away.

24-November-1969           Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.

24-November-1973           E. V. Ramasami Naicker (EVR), founder leader of Dravida Kazhagam, passed away at the age of 94.

24-November-1988           Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.

24-November-1989           Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.

24-November-1991           Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.

24-November-1992           It was decided that Lok Sabha session would start with the national song ""Vande Mataram"" and end with National Anthem ""Jana Gana

24-November-1992           Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country.

24-November-1992           Milan Kumar Banerjee appointed Attorney General.

24-November-1997           Leander-Mahesh stumble at the final step, finish second in the World doubles tennis championships at Hartford.

24-November-1998           Polling is held in 626 assembly constituencies spread over four States - Delhi, Madhya Prades, Mizoram and Rajasthan.

24-November-1999           India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.

24-November-1999           The dedication ceremony of Shanmukhananda Hall is put off.