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Historical Event on 5/15/1999
Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
| 8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
| 12/25/1949 | Dr. Hari Singh Gour, famous law expert, great social reformer, jurist, leader and educationist, passed away. |
| 12/12/1930 | Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods. |
| 4/4/1932 | Rameshchandra Gangaram Nadkarni alias ""Bapu Nadkarni"", cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68), was born in Nasik, Maharashtra. |
| 7/16/1959 | Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
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