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Historical Event on 5/15/1998

The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
11/16/1998Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
10/26/1928R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta.
10/11/1984Khanderao M. Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5.50 for India), died
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.