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Historical Event on 5/15/1999
Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1999 | S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode. |
| 7/29/1802 | Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army. |
| 7/1/1852 | For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi. |
| 7/25/2000 | P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 6/6/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final. |
| 7/31/1902 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala. |
| 2/21/1952 | General Election ( 1st) of India ends. |
| 12/4/1999 | Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor. |
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