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Historical Event on 3/24/2000
Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1963 | East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin. |
| 9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 4/16/1974 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/27/2000 | After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year. |
| 3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 4/15/1927 | Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, was born. |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
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