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Historical Event on 12/24/1998

A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
4/21/1720Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath passed away and was succeeded by his son Peshwa Baji Rao I. He was a great soldier and General.
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
6/6/1947Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicable settle all outstanding points with Congress.
8/13/1638Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
1/24/1999The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.