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Historical Event on 6/15/1899
Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1913 | Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi. |
| 1/10/1998 | Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta. |
| 4/22/1994 | Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM. |
| 12/10/1967 | Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar. |
| 7/31/1916 | Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar. |
| 5/2/1996 | Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983. |
| 7/6/1944 | Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'. |
| 8/15/1993 | Five more Doordarshan channels launched. |
| 9/21/1746 | French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
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