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Historical Event on 1/15/1998

Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal.
12/3/1790Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta.
7/4/1997Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996.
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
4/8/1973India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.