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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
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
10/9/1994Kamal Bose, great photographer, died.
10/6/1893Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.
4/4/1990Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
1/6/1972America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean.
6/24/1996Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.