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Historical Event on 10/24/2000

Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1945Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
9/12/1965Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
8/4/2000Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.
12/6/1897Lekhraj Kishanchand Mirchandani (Aziz), famous Sindhi poet, essay writer and critic, was born.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.