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Historical Event on 5/15/1998

Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.
11/3/1992Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away.
2/13/1997Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
12/31/1910Mallikarjun Bhimramaiya Mansoor, famous singer of ""Jaipur Gharana"", was born.
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
7/18/1980Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died.