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Historical Event on 5/15/1993

K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
10/26/1950Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
2/24/1997Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.