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Historical Event on 3/15/1993

Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
4/2/1991Haryana Governor recommends President's rule.
10/28/1984Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.
6/16/1946Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
5/31/1928Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975).
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
10/10/1899Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born.
5/11/1930Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born.