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Historical Event on 4/15/1996
Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case. |
| 3/19/1996 | Election Commission announces dates of Lok Sabha elections (Apr. 27, May 2, 7 & 21) and Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam & Pondicherry. |
| 1/11/1999 | Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/8/1990 | Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha. |
| 12/19/1969 | Nayan Ramlal Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- ), was born in Baroda. |
| 2/7/1954 | The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
| 8/7/1980 | Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York. |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
| 10/17/1932 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was captured by the British army. |
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