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Historical Event on 5/15/1993

K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1931Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
7/5/1999Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
12/13/1772Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.