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Historical Event on 11/15/1999

Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.
10/31/1962Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
1/11/1999Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
6/20/1972Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.