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Historical Event on 10/15/1996
Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1908 | Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise. |
| 2/6/1994 | Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 3/17/1943 | Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 4/22/1870 | Vladimir IIyich Lenin, revolutionary freedom fighter and politician, was born at Simbrisk, Volga. |
| 5/15/1989 | NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million. |
| 8/1/2000 | Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik. |
| 12/14/1990 | Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92). |
| 8/20/1944 | Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay. |
| 1/18/1948 | Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji. |
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