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Historical Event on 5/15/1989
NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1848 | Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born. |
| 1/29/1977 | Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978. |
| 3/3/1990 | JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan. |
| 3/28/1954 | The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries. |
| 7/22/1998 | India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka. |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
| 1/28/1951 | Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 6/10/1900 | Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born. |
| 8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
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