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Historical Event on 10/15/1990

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/2000Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
3/29/1992The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
7/13/1997A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).
7/13/1997ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
7/26/1614Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.