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Historical Event on 2/15/1998
Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
| 9/29/1992 | Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1) |
| 3/21/2000 | The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz. |
| 12/15/1957 | 60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
| 5/1/1958 | Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer. |
| 6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
| 8/20/1909 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal. |
| 2/19/1922 | Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab. |
| 8/17/1997 | I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October. |
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