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Historical Event on 4/15/1998
Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
| 9/24/1815 | Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"". |
| 4/5/1944 | 221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site. |
| 10/12/1997 | India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title. |
| 1/21/1961 | Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi. |
| 6/19/1931 | Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa. |
| 10/14/1989 | Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party. |
| 7/12/1949 | Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 12/8/1875 | Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born. |
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