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Historical Event on 11/24/1999

India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1999Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.
2/14/1970Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
12/11/1906Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka.
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.