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Historical Event on 10/24/2000

Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1963Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
1/1/1862Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force.
2/28/1835Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
9/4/1946Interim Government formed.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
1/21/1999Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.