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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 5/15/1729 |
Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away. |
| 5/15/1817 |
Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born. |
| 5/15/1864 |
Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP. |
| 5/15/1873 |
The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England. |
| 5/15/1878 |
Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. |
| 5/15/1949 |
Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan. |
| 5/15/1958 |
Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi. |
| 5/15/1958 |
Gift Tax Act was introduced. |
| 5/15/1989 |
NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million. |
| 5/15/1992 |
BSE closed. |
| 5/15/1992 |
CBI begins probe into the security scam. |
| 5/15/1992 |
Harshad Mehta suspended. |
| 5/15/1993 |
K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
| 5/15/1995 |
PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit. |
| 5/15/1996 |
The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President. |
| 5/15/1997 |
Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail. |
| 5/15/1998 |
The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas. |
| 5/15/1998 |
Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
| 5/15/1999 |
Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district. |
| 5/15/1999 |
The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance. |
| 5/15/2000 |
Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1972 | Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born. |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 5/28/1992 | Indo-US naval exercises begin. |
| 6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
| 3/29/1979 | Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 3/1/1968 | Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur. |
| 11/2/2000 | Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal. |
| 1/29/1992 | India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations. |
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