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Historical Event on 3/15/1993

Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
1/28/1877Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
1/2/1964Raichaudhary Ambikagiri, nationalist Asamia poet, died.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.
6/19/1995In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.