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Historical Event on 11/15/1913
Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
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| 12/15/1980 | Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada. |
| 3/1/1917 | Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan. |
| 11/19/1962 | Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi. |
| 9/29/2000 | Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari. |
| 6/17/1756 | Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21. |
| 12/16/1921 | Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river. |
| 2/1/1901 | Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded. |
| 4/1/1936 | Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar. |
| 2/17/1968 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away. |
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