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Historical Event on 5/15/1997
Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1933 | Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial. |
| 6/19/2000 | Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana. |
| 3/16/1986 | Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail. |
| 2/9/1992 | Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded. |
| 7/31/1865 | Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62. |
| 8/3/1967 | Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died. |
| 6/17/1976 | Montreal Olympics opens. |
| 1/22/1973 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away. |
| 11/5/1994 | Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
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