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Significance of 24th March:



World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is celebrated every year on 24 March annually to commemorate the date when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB in 1882. This year's theme, Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver, is a bold call for hope, urgency, and accountability.


Each year, on 24 March, the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims is observed. The U.N. also wants the world to use this day as a means to remember every single victim of human rights violations, and thus stand for the truth and justice in every instance.


1921- The 1921 Women's Olympiad began in Monte Carlo, becoming the first international women's sports event.

1977- Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister of India, the first Prime Minister not to belong to Indian National Congress.

2008- Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.



Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:

1733- Joseph Priestley was an English chemist, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist.

1775- Muthuswami Dikshitar was a South Indian poet, singer and Veena player.

1863- Satyendra Prasanna Sinha was a prominent jurist and statesman of British India. He was the first Indian member of the Executive Council of the British Raj, and the first Indian Foreign Secretary.

1909- Nishikanto Roychowdhury was the greatest Bengali poet of Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

1962- Javed Khan is an Indian film and television former actor and former model.



Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:

1905 Jules Gabriel Verne. was a French novelist, poet and playwright.

2005- Vistas Ardeshir Balsara was an Indian music arranger, conductor, orchestrator and instrumentalist. He was known for his versatility on multiple instruments, including the violin, mandolin and piano.

2022- Abhishek Chatterjee was an Indian actor who was known for his work in Bengali cinema.

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