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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
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
12/25/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.
9/24/1995Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University.
6/22/1955Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31.
9/10/1976An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
12/22/1945Shridhar Balkrishna Kulkarni (Pathe Bapurao), famous poet known for instant poetry and Marathi folk song writer, died.