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Historical Event on 6/15/1982

Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
10/10/1999Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra.
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
8/11/1984A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
8/10/2000Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
6/3/1999Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises.