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Historical Event on 5/15/1729

Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
7/13/1660Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died.
4/4/1904Kundan Lal Saigal, golden voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker, was born in Jammu. Some of his famous songs are ""Ek Bangla Bane Nayara"", ""Diya Jalao"", ""Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya"".
10/10/1946Noakhali Massacre.
6/15/1948Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.