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Historical Event on 5/15/1998
Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
| 3/22/1977 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum. |
| 5/8/1992 | Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%. |
| 5/11/1999 | Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down. |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 6/1/1904 | Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese. |
| 2/16/1955 | Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 11/30/1915 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died. |
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