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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 |
| 9/1/1978 | Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981. |
| 2/5/1992 | D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya. |
| 5/30/1985 | Earthquake in Srinagar. |
| 10/20/1998 | Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 12/27/1987 | Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum . |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
| 8/16/1997 | Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam. |
| 10/23/1996 | Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 4/1/1992 | The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched. |
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