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Historical Event on 11/15/1949

Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
7/17/1997K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
12/19/1966Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
12/25/1972Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.