24 December in Hindu history
24 December 1999
Indian Airlines IC-814 hijacked
The flight from Kathmandu to Delhi is seized and taken to Kandahar. After a week, three jailed terrorists are freed in exchange for the passengers.
24 December 2000
Viswanathan Anand becomes world chess champion
Beating Alexei Shirov in the final at Tehran, Anand becomes the first Indian world champion in chess, the game born in Bharat as chaturanga.