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Historical Event on 2/15/1997
Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1969 | Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 11/16/1993 | Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender. |
| 11/16/1993 | Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 12/31/1861 | Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent. |
| 12/15/1974 | Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
| 10/24/1930 | Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
| 9/9/1923 | First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal. |
| 7/11/1997 | Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai. |
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