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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
3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
6/25/1993Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.