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Historical Event on 1/15/1956
Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1967 | Dr. Zakhir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969. |
| 1/26/1981 | Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated. |
| 10/28/1964 | Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away. |
| 4/3/1984 | Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7. |
| 3/28/1916 | Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 10/3/2000 | Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products. |
| 10/5/1878 | First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai. |
| 3/4/1924 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'. |
| 12/10/1999 | Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police. |
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