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Historical Event on 10/15/1899

Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
1/3/1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
2/17/1997Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.
2/14/1996Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
9/20/1886Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
2/18/1999Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF).