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Historical Event on 5/15/1989

NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
5/25/1999The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil.
1/22/1666Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
6/11/1976Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
11/14/1914Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
8/20/1917Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra.