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Historical Event on 10/15/1990

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.

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10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
1/14/1927M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras.
4/5/1991Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections.
8/2/1885Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born.
1/8/1927The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.
6/9/2000The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case.
9/2/1993Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.