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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
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
9/1/1896Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.