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Historical Event on 11/15/2000

Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
9/13/1991Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
2/24/1996S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India.
7/4/1997Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
7/11/1630Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.