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Historical Event on 4/15/1890

Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
12/6/1987MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
11/5/1907Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions.
8/16/1974A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.