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Historical Event on 5/15/1999

Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
2/21/1878Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris.
1/15/1898Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.