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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
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
8/3/1993Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
3/9/1858Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857.
8/14/1896Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
11/23/1983Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
5/14/1960The first plane of India flew upto New York.