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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
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
12/17/1830Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
3/14/1994Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.
5/2/1982Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.