24th September in the History of India
- 1932 – Gandhi and Dr Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
- 1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
- 2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
- 2019 - ISRO's Mars mission meant to last in 6 months, completed 5 full years Today. The orbiter is still sending images and it has sent up to 2 TB of images as of now. ISRO planning to create an atlas of Mars using those images.
- 2019 - Tremors felt across North Delhi, Punjab and Kashmir, the epicentre of the earthquake was 150km North West of Lahore, Punjab.
Birthdays on 24th September
- 1861 – Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (d. 1936)
- 1918 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model (d. 1997)
- 1925 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and academic (d. 2004)
- 1936 – Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman (d. 2013)
- 1950 – Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
- 1966 – Rajesh Khattar, Indian voice actor
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