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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
11/16/1947Kamta Prasad ""Guru"" died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly 'Saraswati' and 'Balasakha', children magaz
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
12/11/1991R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died.
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.
7/31/2000The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
1/5/1990Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
12/5/1933Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P.