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Historical Event on 5/15/1989
NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/5/2000 | The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999 |
| 10/17/1920 | Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji. |
| 11/17/1966 | India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 5/11/1993 | Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore. |
| 5/11/1993 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
| 6/29/1909 | Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 12/4/1999 | A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord. |
| 4/30/1843 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
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