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Historical Event on 6/15/1969
Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/1997 | Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial). |
| 5/29/1965 | Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time. |
| 1/12/1993 | Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh. |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
| 9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 6/26/1888 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani. |
| 1/10/1996 | Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission. |
| 6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
| 3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
| 7/23/1918 | Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
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