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Historical Event on 1/15/1947
Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1896 | Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born. |
| 6/14/1961 | Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died. |
| 10/14/1884 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
| 7/22/1993 | Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India. |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
| 7/1/1906 | Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani. |
| 6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
| 8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
| 1/29/1999 | Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi. |
| 1/12/1990 | Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles. |
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