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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 |
| 1/20/1931 | Saroj Kumari', a feature film produced by Mahavir Photoplays and Theatres Ltd., Secunderabad, was prohibited on January 20 on the grounds that it was ''sordid'' and ''revolting''. |
| 10/6/1913 | V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
| 10/31/1843 | Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born. |
| 2/5/1981 | Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 11/2/1971 | Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives. |
| 4/24/1998 | India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final. |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
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