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Historical Event on 4/15/1998

Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
4/15/1932Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born.
5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
1/30/1993Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.