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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
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
9/29/1725Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born.
2/24/1922Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
3/20/1926For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
12/3/1889Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal.