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Historical Event on 10/15/1992

Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1885Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born.
11/5/1990Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
7/15/1936Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P.
11/17/1991Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes.
10/4/1847Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.
10/30/1947The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents.
1/3/1997Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.