Year 1608
The first official English representative landed in Surat, India.
AUGUST 24
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Year 1781
American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
Year 1969
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, popularly known as V.V. Giri, became the 4th President of India.
Year 1974
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed became the 5th President of India
Year 2010
In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
Year 2010
Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board.
Year 2016
An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence.
Year 2019
PM Narendra Modi was honoured with UAE’s highest civilian award, ‘Order of Zayed’.
Born 1888
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher was the 1st CM of the Bombay State (present-day Maharashtra and Gujarat). He was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1954.
Born 1889
Koyapalli Kelappan Nair, also known as, K.K. Kelappan was a famous nationalist leader, freedom fighter, and social reformer.
Born 1908
Shivaram Hari Rajguru was a revolutionary from Maharashtra. He was mainly known for his involvement in the assassination of a British Raj police officer.
Born 1911
Bina Das was a revolutionary and nationalist from West Bengal.
Born 1918
Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004)
Born 1927
Anjali Devi was an actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films.
Born 1948
Shoba Chandrasekhar is a playback singer, director, writer, and producer. She is Tamil actor Vijay’s mother.
Born 1949
Kelachandra Joseph George is a politician from Karnataka.
Born 1983
Aditi Dev Sharma is a TV and film actress, known for her portrayal of Gangaa Shukla in &TV’s Gangaa and Mauli in Colors TV’s Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka.
Born 1985
M. Rajesh is a film director and screenwriter who primarily works in the Tamil film industry.
Born 1986
Shanthanu Bhagyaraj is a film actor who has worked in Tamil language films.
Born 1989
Geetha Madhuri is a playback singer and dubbing artist who works primarily in the South Indian film industry. She has also won 2 Filmfare awards.
Born 1990
Abhishek Malik is an Indian television actor, popularly known for the role of ‘Harshad Saxena’ in Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan.
Born 1991
Poonam Yadav is a cricketer who plays for the Indian women’s cricket team.
Died 1972
Venkatarama Ramalingam, or V. Ramalingam Pillai, was a Tamil poet and independence fighter.
Died 1993
Dinkar Balwant Deodhar was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1911 to 1948.
Died 2000
Kalyanji Virji Shah was a famous Indian film musician who also won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for Kora Kagaz. He also received the Padma Shri.
Died 2019
Arun Jaitley was a politician and lawyer who also served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs for the Government of India between 2014 to 2019.