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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
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
12/7/1997Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.
9/4/1895Siyaramsharan Gupt was born.