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Historical Event on 7/24/2000

S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
10/31/1843Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
8/9/1892Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
10/18/1928Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad.
1/12/1996Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
5/18/1933Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.