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Historical Event on 5/15/1958

Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1928Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born.
3/1/1997India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.
4/29/1882Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born.
1/18/1971Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
10/30/1994Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
9/24/1922Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.