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Historical Event on 2/15/1920

Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1929K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu.
11/13/1991Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
9/21/1857Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
1/20/1988Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.