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Historical Event on 5/15/1998

Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
5/13/1648Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
1/16/1989Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
4/16/1992The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.
12/23/1993PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.