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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
2/12/1949Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).
4/5/1991Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections.
7/20/1969Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
8/9/2000Parliament approves the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2000, paving the way for the creation of a separate Chhattisgarh State.
3/12/1612Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal.
3/30/1949Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), passed away.
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
10/15/1686Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.