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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
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.
2/4/1948Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
3/23/1940All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.
1/19/1990Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.
9/5/1904Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
11/11/1793English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.