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Historical Event on 11/15/1982
Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/21/1814 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died. |
6/21/1814 | Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi. |
10/15/1949 | Process of the integration of the Indian State was completed when the last three states - Tripura, Manipur and Banaras were merged. |
4/4/1910 | Sri Aurobindo left politics and reached Pondicherry, where he made the seat of Yoga. |
4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
9/26/1979 | Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal. |
10/3/1999 | Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore. |
5/16/1926 | Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
8/11/1911 | Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born. |
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