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Historical Event on 5/15/1998

Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
7/20/1991Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
3/21/1836National Library was established.
4/23/1926Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.