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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
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
7/29/1997Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74.
6/29/1998Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
2/25/1970Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away.
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
3/29/1996Saint Chokhoba passed away.