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Historical Event on 2/15/1976

The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

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10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
12/1/1982Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games.
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.
1/9/1918Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.