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Historical Event on 3/24/1998

G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1998Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
10/4/1847Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died.
10/4/1847
12/8/1992World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.