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Historical Event on 7/24/2000

S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
1/23/1927Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born.
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
5/4/1932Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.
4/16/1903Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
2/13/1879Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.