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Historical Event on 3/24/1998
200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1992 | UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court. |
| 7/20/1982 | Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 6/26/1955 | Poland and India affirm Panchsheel. |
| 10/23/1919 | Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London |
| 10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 10/14/1992 | 10 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah. |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
| 11/14/1959 | Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone. |
| 3/6/1990 | India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament. |
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