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Historical Event on 5/15/1817
Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/27/1992 | Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died. |
9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
12/28/1926 | Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service. |
2/10/1691 | Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta. |
9/21/1999 | Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur. |
3/4/2000 | Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980. |
10/18/1995 | President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation. |
8/3/1960 | Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur. |
1/9/1996 | PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function. |
1/20/1993 | Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away. |
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