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Historical Event on 12/24/2000

Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
9/22/1991Durga Khote, film actress and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 86 years.
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
7/30/1992The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful.
9/23/1997India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan.
10/30/1999G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, former Election Commissioner, seeks enhanced security in the wake of threats to his life.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
12/8/1999Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.