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Historical Event on 3/24/2000

Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
3/4/1895Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born.
2/27/1996Manmohan Singh presents the vote-on-account as part of the interim budget in Lok Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs. 5000 crore deficit.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.
6/27/1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away.
11/13/1901Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.