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Historical Event on 1/15/1988
Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1995 | PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai. |
| 1/18/2000 | S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 2/27/1997 | CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976. |
| 7/5/1947 | Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July. |
| 11/23/1933 | Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi. |
| 11/16/1990 | Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent). |
| 9/28/1985 | The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87). |
| 8/2/1993 | CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission. |
| 6/8/1948 | Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom. |
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