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Historical Event on 1/15/1988
Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1961 | The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight. |
| 1/1/1874 | The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
| 7/12/1970 | Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives. |
| 7/12/1970 | Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away. |
| 7/5/1916 | Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University. |
| 7/6/1992 | The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers. |
| 12/6/1946 | Homeguard Organination was established. |
| 1/19/1919 | Dharam Singh, field hockey player for Indian Team at Olympics-1964-Gold Winner, was born. |
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