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Historical Event on 10/15/1996

H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1994Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
2/28/1988Jaydev, famous music director, passed away.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.