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Historical Event on 5/15/1999

Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
4/20/1989Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.
6/5/1997Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.