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Historical Event on 7/24/1998
India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/9/1999 | Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta. |
| 10/16/1992 | Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97 |
| 5/22/1997 | At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city. |
| 2/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 5/21/1994 | JKLF leader Mohammed Yasim Malik agrees to eschew violence provided the Centre guarantees a dialogue without pre-conditions. |
| 12/20/1999 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT. |
| 12/20/1999 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 4/2/1902 | Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born. |
| 3/30/1997 | Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government. |
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