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Historical Event on 12/15/1859

S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born.

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8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
8/1/1939Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi.
1/5/1995India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
8/9/1902King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast.