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Historical Event on 5/15/1817

Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
6/13/1996Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities.
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
11/6/1905Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.