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Historical Event on 2/24/1924

Mahatma Gandhi released from jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
12/22/1871Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
1/12/1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
3/28/1991Chautala asked by Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the house.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
3/5/1990Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.