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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 |
| 6/22/1993 | JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh. |
| 9/23/1990 | World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups. |
| 8/3/1993 | Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission. |
| 8/17/1848 | Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born. |
| 2/21/1993 | Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity. |
| 11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
| 8/6/1965 | Indian troops invade Pakistan. |
| 7/1/1952 | Olympic Games open at Helsinki. |
| 9/27/1974 | Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born. |
| 3/28/1916 | Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
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