Historical Events on September 24.

1. 1664, 24th September: The Netherlands ceded New Amsterdam to England.

2. 1873, 24th September: Mahatma Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj.

3. 1932, 24th September: The signing of the Puna Pact by Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, and Mukundrao Jaykar.

4. 1946, 24th September: Cathay Pacific Airways was established in Hong Kong.

5. 1947, 24th September: 1,200 refugees slaughtered on the train to Pakistan. A trainload of Muslim refugees fleeing to Pakistan has been massacred by Sikhs at Amritsar in Punjab, with at least 1,200 defenseless people shot and hacked to death.

6. 1948, 24th September: Establishment of Honda Motor Company.

7. 1960, 24th September: The First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS enterprises, was launched at Newport, Virginia.

8. 1973, 24th September: Guinea-Bissau gained independence from Portugal.

9. 1994, 24th September: Death sentence handed down to controversial author Dr. Salman Rushdie for his novel Satanic Verses.

10. 1999, 24th September: The second unit of Kaiga nuclear power plant commissioned.

11. 2007, 24th September: India won the T20 world cup under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.

12. 2009, 24th September: India’s first unmanned lunar probe, Chandrayan 1, discovered large amounts of water on the Moon.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 24.

1. 1534: Guru Ram Das, the 4th Guru of the Sikhs.

2. 1564: William Adams, was the first Englishman to reach Japan during a five-ship expedition for a private Dutch fleet.

3. 1861: Madam Bhikaji Rustum Kama, Indian revolutionary.

4. 1870: Georges Claude, a French engineer. He is the inventor of neon lights.

5. 1896: F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist, and short story writer.

6. 1902: Ruhollah Khomeini, an Iranian cleric, and politician.

7. 1911: Konstantin Chernenko, Secretary of the Communist Party of Russia.

8. 1924: Guru Charan Singh Tohra, leader of the Akali Dal and chairman of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Samiti.

9. 1925: Autar Singh Paintal, an Indian science, and educational writer.

10. 1930: John Watts Young, an American astronaut. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon.

11. 1940: Aarti Saha, the first Indian woman swimmer to swim in the English Gulf.

12. 1942: Linda McCartney, American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, and entrepreneur.

13. 1950: Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer, and commentator. He is the son of Lala Amarnath, the first post-independence captain of India.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 24.

1. 1541: Paracelsus, Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

2. 1896: Louis Gerhard De Geer, Sweden’s first prime minister.

3. 1904: Niels Ryberg Finsen, a Danish-Faroese physician and scientist, the first Nobel laureate from the country.

4. 1939: Carl Laemmle Jr., American Businessman, founder of Universal Studios.

5. 1945: Johannes Wilhelm “Hans” Geiger, German physicist.

6. 1992: Sarv Mittra Sikri, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

7. 1999: Ester Boserup, Danish economist.

8. 2004 – Raja Ramanna was an Indian physicist.

9. 2006 – Padmini, an Indian actress, and trained Bharatanatyam dancer.

24-September-1629

Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.

24-September-1674

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'.

24-September-1726

King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.

24-September-1777

Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born.

24-September-1815

John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.

24-September-1829

Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born.

24-September-1856

Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.

24-September-1859

Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.

24-September-1861

Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work.

24-September-1873

Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.

24-September-1914

Janardan Swami was born.

24-September-1921

Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.

24-September-1922

Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.

24-September-1931

19 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.

24-September-1932

Poona Pact' was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. This historical agreement allowed increased representation for untouchables. Also, Gandhi ended his fast.

24-September-1932

Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for "Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot".

24-September-1934

Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai.

24-September-1936

It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.

24-September-1938

Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.

24-September-1947

Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.

24-September-1992

Five selected regional TV channels go national by direct linking to INSAT.

24-September-1992

India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.

24-September-1992

Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.

24-September-1992

Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.

24-September-1994

At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.

24-September-1995

Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University.

24-September-1997

I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat.

24-September-1997

E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.

24-September-1997

I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting.

24-September-1998

In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.

24-September-1999

The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad.

24-September-1999

India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.