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1793, 24th June: France adopted the first Republican constitution.
1880, 24th June: The song “O Canada” was sung for the first time as the national anthem of Canada.
1939, 24th June: Siam was renamed Thailand.
1982, 24th June: Compulsory teaching of Kannada language in all schools in Karnataka.
1989, 24th June: Majority opposition members resigned from Lok Sabha on the issue of CAG report on Bofors gun deal.
2010, 24th June: Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female Prime Minister.
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on June 24.
1863: Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade, an Indian historian, scholar, writer, commentator, and orator.
1893: Roy O. Disney, an American businessman and co-founder of The Walt Disney Company.
1897: Pt. Omkarnath Thakur, an Indian music teacher, musicologist, and Hindustani classical singer.
1908: Guru Gopinath, an Indian actor, and dancer.
1927: Kannadasan, an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, and philanthropist.
1962: Gautam Adani, an Indian billionaire industrialist.
1966: Vijayashanti, an Indian film actress, producer, and politician.
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on June 24.
1881: Pandit Shradhharam Sharma, an Indian poet.
1908: Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
1980: V. V. Giri, the fourth president of India.
1997: Sanjukta Panigrahi, an Indian classical dancer.
What happened in India on 24 June
24-June-1763
Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
24-June-1869
Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
24-June-1885
Tara Singh, freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master, was born in the village Haryal, District Rawalpindi.
24-June-1897
Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
24-June-1901
John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala.
24-June-1908
Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born.
24-June-1928
Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
24-June-1946
Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission.
24-June-1946
Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
24-June-1961
Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
24-June-1966
Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
24-June-1966
Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
24-June-1969
Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.
24-June-1974
India all out for 42 in Lord’s Test cricket in 77 mins.
24-June-1980
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
24-June-1986
Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
24-June-1989
A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
24-June-1990
Defence scientists successfully test fired country’s first third generation anti-tank missile ‘NAG’.
24-June-1990
President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
24-June-1991
Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu.
24-June-1991
K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
24-June-1991
Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
24-June-1991
The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP.
24-June-1991
Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.
24-June-1993
Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
24-June-1996
CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao again (urea scam).
24-June-1996
Cong(I) enters into an electoral alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party for forthcoming Assembly election in UP.