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Historical Event on 5/15/1997

Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1990Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government.
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
6/4/1932Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
6/5/1997Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.