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Historical Event on 4/24/1998
24 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 11/19/2000 | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999. |
| 9/23/1999 | India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control. |
| 11/22/1913 | Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born. |
| 11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
| 10/28/1997 | Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore. |
| 11/25/1890 | Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born. |
| 11/11/1924 | Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 7/15/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities. |
| 6/15/1953 | Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established. |
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