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Historical Event on 2/15/1998
Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1953 | Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc. |
| 2/28/1985 | M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89). |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 6/9/1957 | General Election ( 2nd) of India ends. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 11/17/1947 | Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress. |
| 10/20/1920 | Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919. |
| 5/17/1999 | Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it. |
| 2/18/1931 | Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born. |
| 5/25/1954 | Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away. |
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