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Historical Event on 5/15/1998

The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.
4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
1/22/1986Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
9/16/1913Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
12/17/1740Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died.