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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
1/20/1994Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.
10/12/1993RBI liberalises credit and monetary policy.
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.
7/8/199733 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab.
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.
6/1/1930Baba Adhav was born.
1/30/1996The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.
5/4/1990Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
6/22/1994L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.
7/2/1999Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.