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Historical Event on 10/24/2000

Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1941Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
3/22/1999Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur.
7/31/1880Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
3/1/1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.