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Historical Event on 1/15/1998

Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1990Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
12/3/1889Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal.
7/27/1949Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir.
4/1/1994Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
12/5/1657Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.