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Historical Event on 5/15/1989
NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/19/1993 | Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
3/2/1949 | Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
5/17/1775 | Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war. |
7/12/1999 | Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai. |
3/22/1964 | 200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela. |
10/17/1915 | Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur. |
8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
9/18/1941 | Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa. |
7/15/2000 | The Maharashtra Government gives the green signal to police to proceed against Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray for his alleged role in the 1992-93 Mumbai communal riots. |
11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
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