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Historical Event on 7/24/2000

The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
9/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
7/6/1942Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter and editor of ""Janma Bhoomi"", died due to non-medical facility and mal-nutrition in Jail. She has also written ""Karagaar Ke Anubhav"" in 1930. She was arrested for Satyagrah and forcefully closing of Foreign Goods.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.