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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
1/29/1979Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.
9/26/1946Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.
11/25/1990Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
8/14/1996Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.
4/21/1998Ashok Kumar, Special Secretary, Union Home Ministry, who headed a Central team to Tamil Nadu to assess the law and order situation, was transferred to the Planning Commission.
1/22/1945The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.