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Historical Event on 12/24/1998

A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
8/25/1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
7/25/1982Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
1/27/199455 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.