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Historical Event on 5/15/1992
Harshad Mehta suspended.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
| 4/13/1997 | Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai. |
| 12/14/1979 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer, two Tests for India and bowling average of 205, died. |
| 3/11/1999 | Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis. |
| 8/30/1992 | The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore. |
| 3/1/1917 | Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan. |
| 2/11/1933 | The outcome of the conference was that diarchy in the province was abolished, federal system was established in the center, Sindh was separated from Bombay, communal awards were started by the Prime Minister of Britain Sir Ramsay McDonald and White Paper on Indian reforms was published in 1933. |
| 4/7/1997 | Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'. |
| 11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 5/8/1990 | A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
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