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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 |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 7/7/1799 | Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers. |
| 6/8/1998 | A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out. |
| 11/16/1883 | Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 3/14/1910 | Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
| 4/3/1984 | Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 7/24/1783 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas. |
| 5/7/1996 | Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar. |
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