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Historical Event on 2/24/1994

Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
7/26/2000The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.
4/10/1995Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.
2/11/1998Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani.
2/17/1618First English Ambassador Sir Thomas Roe returned to England after meeting Emperor Jahangir in his court.
8/15/1960Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
4/2/1954Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons.