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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
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
4/15/1901Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
3/6/1990India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
4/9/1954India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.
3/11/1963First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.