Historical Events on March 24.

1.  World Tuberculosis Day

2.  1307, 24th March: Ramdevrao Yadav, the emperor of Devagiri, was captured by Malik Kafur and taken to Delhi.

3.  1837, 24th March: Canada granted African Canadians the right to vote.

4.  1855, 24th March: For the first time a long-distance telegraph message was sent from Calcutta to Delhi.

5.  1882, 24th March: The deadly infectious disease TB (Tuberculosis) was identified. The scientist who discovered it was Bacillus Robert Koch, later given the Nobel Prize.

6.  1923, 24th March: Greece became a republic.

7.  1929, 24th March: The historic session of the Lahore Congress began.

8.  1977, 24th March: Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister of India. He was the first Prime Minister of India who did not belong to the Indian National Congress party.

9.  1998, 24th March: Titanic won a record 11 Oscars.

10.  1999, 24th March: P. N. Bhagwati (India) elected vice-president of the United Nations Human Rights Committee for the second term.

11.  2008, 24th March: Bhutan became a democracy, and elections were held for the first time.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 24.

1.  1775: Muthuswami Dikshitar, a South Indian poet, singer, and veena player.

2.  1901: Ub Iwerks, an American animator, and he designed Mickey Mouse.

3.  1922: T. M. Soundararajan, an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer.

4.  1965: The Undertaker, an American professional wrestler.

5.  1979: Emraan Hashmi, an Indian film actor.

6.  1984: Adrian D’Souza, an Indian field hockey goalkeeper.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 24.

1.  1603: Elizabeth I, the Queen of England and Ireland.

2.  1849: Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, a German chemist.

3.  1882: H. W. Longfellow, an American poet, and educator.

4.  1905: Jules Verne, a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

24-March-1307

Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312.

24-March-1855

First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.

24-March-1896

Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born.

24-March-1902

Anusilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation, was formed in Bengal.

24-March-1924

Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born.

24-March-1944

Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.

24-March-1946

British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence.

24-March-1947

Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.

24-March-1968

The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.

24-March-1974

Lokprabha weekly started its publication.

24-March-1977

Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.

24-March-1977

Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.

24-March-1981

Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.

24-March-1984

Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.

24-March-1987

First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.

24-March-1990

Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.

24-March-1991

Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.

24-March-1992

Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.

24-March-1993

Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.

24-March-1995

Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.

24-March-1998

G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.

24-March-1998

200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.

24-March-2000

Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.