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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
8/26/1997Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
11/27/1993Splendid bowling by Anil Kumble (6 for 12) helps India to beat West Indies by 102 runs in the Hero Cup finals in Calcutta.
2/22/19901st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland. NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).