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Historical Event on 12/24/2000

Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
5/14/1963Dr. Raghuvir, a famous linguist and President of Jansangh, passed away.
5/14/1963A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
8/29/1931Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.
10/4/1999Rest of India won the Zal Irani Trophy in Bangalore.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.