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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
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
9/24/1995Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University.
3/7/1952Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
7/1/1938Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.