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Historical Event on 11/24/1999

India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
9/24/1934Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
10/4/1977Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language.