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Historical Event on 11/15/1993

IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1991Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
11/29/1996The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
12/11/1931Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born.
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).
12/6/1992300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.
6/13/1889Salarjung, famous administrator, was born.
7/17/200055 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.
9/24/1777Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born.
5/21/1927Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra.