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Historical Event on 1/15/1988

Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1991Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes.
1/20/1988Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
11/20/1999World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco and motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners were: contact sports Muhammad Ali, Soccer-Pele, athletics-Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci, water sport Dawn Fraser and Mark Spitz; motor sport Alain Prost, tennis-Steffi Graf, basketball-Michael Jordan, winter sports (skiing) Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy.
4/9/1991Rajendra Mathur, editor of Hindi daily newspaper 'Navbharat Times', passed away.
9/25/1962Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
4/2/1970Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
1/14/1984Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published.
5/16/1996Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.