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Historical Event on 1/15/1988

Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
7/7/1943Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
6/4/1986Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
10/19/1888Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
10/2/1999Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support.
10/10/1964Gurudutt, famous film actor, died