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Historical Event on 4/24/1998

24 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
5/24/1903Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
12/23/1972Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.