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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 |
| 2/7/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
| 2/28/1967 | General Election ( 4th) of India ends. |
| 10/16/1999 | A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly. |
| 12/28/1928 | First talkie feature film 'Melody of Love' was released in India. The film was made by Universal Picture Corporation, America. It's premier was held at Elphinstone Picture Palace, Calcutta. |
| 2/17/1976 | New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India. |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
| 2/24/1995 | Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur. |
| 1/11/1858 | Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 12/15/1997 | Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
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