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Historical Event on 5/15/1998

Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1998Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
11/17/1973Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
3/30/1996Congress I splits in Tamil Nadu. Group led by G.K. Moopanar makes alliance with DMK.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.