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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 |
| 9/30/1894 | Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born. |
| 2/15/1945 | Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma. |
| 7/28/1921 | Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India. |
| 11/6/1913 | Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops. |
| 8/12/1602 | Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir. |
| 8/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
| 6/29/1901 | Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 6/25/2000 | India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur. |
| 9/26/1975 | Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated. |
| 6/15/1937 | Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar. |
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