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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 |
| 12/22/1940 | Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party. |
| 7/20/1990 | GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore. |
| 5/21/1996 | General Election (11th) of India ended. |
| 9/7/2000 | The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
| 1/5/1990 | Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team. |
| 12/28/1971 | Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar. |
| 6/17/1961 | The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight. |
| 2/3/1928 | Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
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