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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 |
| 4/30/1909 | Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab). |
| 10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
| 12/6/1756 | British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India. |
| 2/16/1968 | Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 3/20/1977 | General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India. |
| 2/23/1792 | The Third Mysore War ended in Tipu Sultan's signing of Peace Treaty dictated by Lord Cornwallis & surrendering his two sons, Abdul Khaliq & Maiz - Uddin. This is known as Treaty of Seringapatam. |
| 11/17/1966 | India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student. |
| 8/15/1947 | Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta. |
| 2/8/1971 | Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM. |
| 5/7/1834 | East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State. |
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