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Historical Event on 11/15/1988
Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1911 | Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal. |
| 10/17/1994 | Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies. |
| 8/27/1978 | Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland. |
| 5/8/1962 | Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal. |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
| 9/11/1999 | India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final. |
| 2/9/1874 | Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born. |
| 1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
| 11/8/2000 | India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 5/22/1961 | Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento. |
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