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Historical Event on 10/24/2000

Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
8/8/1990Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
1/25/1914Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
9/27/1974Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.