Year 1762
Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi.
DECEMBER 24
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24 December: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 24 December.
Year 1777
Capt. James Cook discovered the Kiritimati Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Year 1894
First Medical Conference organized in Calcutta.
Year 1902
Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were "Kanha Jeevan Dhan" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company.
Year 1906
Reginald Fessenden broadcasted for the first time a radio reading of a poem, a violinist, and a speech.
Year 1910
Swatantryaveer Savarkar was sentenced to life imprisonment and Kala Pani.
Year 1921
Rabindranath Tagore established "Visva Bharati" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
Year 1924
Albania gained independence.
Year 1989
The country’s first amusement park, Essel World, opened in Mumbai.
Year 1999
Indian Airlines Flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi was hijacked by Taliban militants and flown to Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Year 2000
Famous chess player Vishwanathan Anand became world champion.
Year 2016
Jal Pujan and Bhumi Pujan of Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial to be erected in the Arabian Sea by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Born 1166
John, the King of England.
Born 1809
Christopher "Kit" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born.
Born 1818
James Prescott Joule, an English physicist, mathematician, and brewer.
Born 1880
Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya, an Indian independence activist, and political leader.
Born 1899
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, Sane Guruji, a Marathi author, teacher, social activist, and freedom fighter.
Born 1905
Howard Robard Hughes Jr., an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist.
Born 1905
Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born.
Born 1910
Max Miedinger, a Swiss typeface designer.
Born 1922
Ava Gardner, an American actress, and singer.
Born 1924
Mohammed Rafi, an Indian playback singer.
Born 1924
Narayan Desai, an Indian Gandhian, and author.
Born 1924
Rama Kant Shukla, an Indian scholar of Sanskrit and Hindi languages.
Born 1932
Colin Cowdrey, Indian-English cricketer (d. 2000)
Born 1942
Indra Bania, Indian actor, director, and playwright (d. 2015)
Born 1944
Oswald Gracias, Indian cardinal
Born 1956
Anil Kapoor, an Indian actor, and producer.
Born 1891
Chandra Singh Garhwali, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Masson, Patti Chauthan, Tehsil Thalisain, District Garhwal.
Died 1524
Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, and the first European to reach India by sea.
Died 1863
William Makepeace Thackeray, an English novelist, author, and illustrator.
Died 1973
Periyar Ramasamy, an Indian social activist, and politician.
Died 1977
Nalini Bala Devi, a noted Indian writer, and poet of Assamese literature.
Died 1987
M. G. Ramachandran, an Indian politician, film actor, and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Died 1988
Jainendra Kumar, a Hindi writer.
Died 1999
William Bill Bowerman, an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc.
Died 2000
John Newton Cooper, a co-founder of the Cooper Car Company.
Died 2005
P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, an Indian film actress, director, music director, singer, producer, novelist, and lyricist.
Died 2008
Harold Pinter, a British playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor.