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Historical Event on 9/24/1629
Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1991 | Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'. |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 3/13/1915 | Keshao Govind Jodh, social reformer, politician and lawyer, was born in Yevada, Maharashtra. |
| 10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India. |
| 3/28/1926 | Pahelam Ratanji ""Polly"" Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain), was born in Sholapur, Maharashtra. |
| 8/12/1602 | Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir. |
| 4/22/1994 | Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away. |
| 9/29/1993 | National Human Rights Commission set up. |
| 1/8/1984 | Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74. |
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