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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 |
| 12/27/1999 | PSCB's Prathima Kumari shattered the National clean and jerk mark twice in the women's 58-kg class on the second day of the senior national weightlifting championship in Kalyan. |
| 11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
| 1/28/1894 | Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda. |
| 12/11/1845 | First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War. |
| 11/3/1992 | Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 1/30/1997 | Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam. |
| 9/24/1777 | Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born. |
| 6/6/1990 | GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years. |
| 1/4/1972 | Pakistan proposed to talk after the war. |
| 4/26/1762 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
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