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Historical Event on 10/15/1996

Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1999In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
3/12/1913Yashvantrao Balvantrao Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
2/13/1713Farrukh Siyar becomes Emperor of India after capturing Red Fort.
12/30/1949India recognizes People's Republic of China.
12/23/1972Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi.
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.