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Historical Event on 1/15/1988

Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
7/5/1992Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.
10/12/1997Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.
11/3/1948Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
6/3/1924Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).