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Historical Event on 9/24/1994

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1976Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away.
1/20/1993Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.