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Historical Event on 5/15/1998

The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1932Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi.
9/24/1815John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.
10/3/1903Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born.
9/25/1997BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
9/24/1947Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.