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Historical Event on 5/15/2000

Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1930Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.
9/29/1992Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes.
6/17/1947Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.
3/17/1985Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
3/28/1914Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.