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Historical Event on 12/15/1988
Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/22/1996 | Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
| 5/28/1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
| 9/14/1971 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 10/29/1997 | P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000. |
| 9/19/1960 | Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan. |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
| 10/10/1927 | Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born |
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