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Historical Event on 5/15/1817

Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.

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5/15/1817Bahadur Tair, under their leader Mongol of Hulagu Khan, captured Lahore.
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2/24/1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
7/24/1998India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.
12/26/1997Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I).
10/18/1992Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare.
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.