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Historical Event on 4/24/1998
India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/23/1987 | Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956. |
| 4/11/1906 | K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/24/1996 | H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. |
| 11/8/1999 | The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa. |
| 1/19/1960 | Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away. |
| 8/20/1997 | Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President. |
| 3/19/1907 | Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
| 8/21/1997 | Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people. |
| 1/11/1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"". |
| 4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
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