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Historical Event on 2/24/2000

The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/19829th Asian Games started in Delhi.
3/13/1978Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
6/4/1932Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
1/12/1895Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
3/23/1995Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away.
1/4/1948Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination.
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .