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Historical Event on 4/15/1998

Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1802Peshwa Baji Rao-II, after being defeated by Yashwant Rao Holkar, signed the treaty of Subsidiary Allowance and accepted security of British Government.
11/9/1962Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
12/13/1994Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away.
1/22/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
6/5/1997Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned.
11/1/1956Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
1/15/1966The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons.
3/3/1906Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.