Harchand Singh Longowal (2 January 1932 − 20 August 1985) was the President of the Akali Dal during the Punjab insurgency of the 1980s. He was known affectionately as "Sant Ji". He had signed the Punjab accord, also known as the Rajiv-Longowal Accord along with Rajiv Gandhi on 24 July 1985. The government got its way and accepted only few demands of Akali Dal who in turn agreed to withdraw their agitation. Less than a month after signing the Punjab accord, Longowal was assassinated by the Sikh groups who felt let down by the accord and opposed it.
Less than a month after signing the Punjab accord, Longowal was assassinated by the Sikh militants opposed to the accord.Longowal was shot and killed on 20 August 1985 near the gurdwara in village Sherpur, 90 km from Patiala in Punjab.Assassin Halwinder Singh fired bullets from a point blank range at Longowal. The bullets had pierced his abdomen causing his death.His cremation took place on 21 August.
24 July 1783 – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander was born (d. 1830)
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte-Andrade y Blanco(24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830), generally known as Simón Bolívar and also colloquially as El Libertador,or the Liberator, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama to independence from the Spanish Empire.
Tiptur Ramaraju Narasimharaju (24 July 1923 – 11 July 1979) was a very popular Kannada actor specialised in roles that required ample comic timing. He was the comedy stalwart of the Kannada film industry. He acted in more than 250 Kannada films between 1954 and 1979. He was also referred to as Hasya Chakravarti.
Alexandre Dumas born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870),also known as Alexandre Dumas père (French for 'father'), was a French writer of partial Afro-Haitian descent. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century into nearly 200 films.
