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Historical Event on 7/24/2000

S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
1/5/1941Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
6/11/1997BSE sensitive index reaches 3927.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.