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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 |
| 3/15/1901 | Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games. |
| 5/5/1966 | Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa. |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 6/5/1997 | Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned. |
| 4/1/1941 | Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972). |
| 6/30/1999 | The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain. |
| 8/3/1930 | Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died. |
| 3/16/1924 | Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away. |
| 10/25/1932 | Pearless' investment company was established. |
| 2/3/1988 | INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers. |
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