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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
7/1/1992Major changes in Exim policy-farming and repacking included under the definition of 'manufacturer'.
11/6/1930First Round Table Conference held at London.
3/9/1999Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.
5/25/1996Maharashta govt. announces decision to revive Sri Krishna Commission set up to probe the 1993 Mumbai riots.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
6/1/1947Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born.
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.