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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 |
| 7/7/1763 | Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal. |
| 1/1/1877 | Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar. |
| 1/1/1877 | Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
| 7/21/1995 | Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 8/22/1915 | Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born. |
| 8/3/1960 | Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur. |
| 3/6/1775 | Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War. |
| 10/30/1994 | India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership. |
| 11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
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