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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
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
1/27/1888Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born.
4/29/1924Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
3/5/1905Shushila Didi, great freedom fighter, was born at Datton Chuhad village, Punjab. She is remembered for her association in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.