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Historical Event on 5/15/1997
Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1998 | G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 6/23/1927 | All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 7/3/1975 | Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away. |
| 8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 7/5/1990 | G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area. |
| 3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
| 6/4/1941 | National Seva Dal was established. |
| 6/22/1995 | India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration. |
| 1/4/1914 | Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born. |
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