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Historical Event on 1/15/1919

Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.
4/16/1918Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
3/24/1902Anusilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation, was formed in Bengal.
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
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.
6/10/1928Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).