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Historical Event on 1/15/1988

Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1975Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi.
6/11/1983Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.
8/1/1846Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
10/20/1920Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
1/19/1907Mohammad Ali Mirza was crowned as the ""Shah-E-Iran"" in a grand function held in Royal Palace, Tehran. This coronation was performed on the precious throne ""Thakt-E-Taus"" which was made by Emperor Shahjahan, and was taken away from India during the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1738 AD.