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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
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.
9/24/1947Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.
2/10/1691Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.
9/11/1991V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died.
3/13/1940Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London.
1/10/1997The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
12/11/1994H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.