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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 |
9/16/2000 | Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
11/21/1992 | 27 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam. |
8/2/1942 | Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent. |
8/26/1997 | Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K. |
2/12/1998 | Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai. |
6/21/1997 | Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore. |
1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
9/26/1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966. |
7/3/1985 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988. |
1/28/1976 | Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park. |
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