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Historical Event on 2/15/1997

Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1994Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
5/22/1953Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
2/8/1897Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
10/25/1971National Science and Technology Committee established.
9/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
10/26/1891Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.