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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
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
1/24/1966Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting).
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
7/26/1991Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.