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Historical Event on 12/15/1988
Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 11/18/1991 | In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority. |
| 9/2/1894 | Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born. |
| 8/30/1989 | Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead. |
| 12/20/2000 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001. |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 5/8/1910 | Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity. |
| 2/4/1993 | D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 10/15/2000 | Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand |
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