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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
8/3/1995Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government.
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
6/28/1928Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born.
6/27/2000Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part.
5/13/1949Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established.
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.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
7/31/1993K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).