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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
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
11/16/1958India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
9/21/1898Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.