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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
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
4/23/1959Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
12/27/1977The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.