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Historical Event on 4/15/1998

Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1946Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
6/18/1896Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
5/7/1990Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.