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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
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
5/28/1996BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
3/17/1782Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
9/15/1926Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes.
1/23/1960Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away.
9/25/1947Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.