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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 |
| 11/5/1907 | Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions. |
| 1/19/1839 | Aden conquered by British East India Company. |
| 4/15/1947 | The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence. |
| 10/21/1887 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa. |
| 5/24/1903 | Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 7/31/1916 | Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar. |
| 6/2/1965 | The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India). |
| 2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 8/14/1997 | Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
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