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Historical Event on 12/24/1999

Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1890Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta.
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
1/8/1993Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
5/14/1972Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
8/16/1958Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival.