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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
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
11/6/1937Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar).
5/10/1901Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"".
3/26/1992Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
7/10/1991C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).