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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
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
9/18/1997President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
11/23/1991India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.
4/3/1988Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.