Today in indian history

Today in Indian History

Events for May 15

15-May-1729	Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
15-May-1817	Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
15-May-1864	Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP.
15-May-1873	The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
15-May-1878	Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
15-May-1949	Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
15-May-1958	Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.
15-May-1958	Gift Tax Act was introduced.
15-May-1989	NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
15-May-1992	BSE closed.
15-May-1992	CBI begins probe into the security scam.
15-May-1992	Harshad Mehta suspended.
15-May-1993	K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
15-May-1995	PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
15-May-1996	The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President.
15-May-1997	Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
15-May-1998	The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas
15-May-1998	Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
15-May-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.
15-May-1999	The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
15-May-2000	Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.