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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 12/15/1675 |
Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. |
| 12/15/1749 |
Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
| 12/15/1803 |
East India Company captured Orrisa state. |
| 12/15/1859 |
S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born. |
| 12/15/1894 |
Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born. |
| 12/15/1908 |
Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
| 12/15/1912 |
Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born. |
| 12/15/1932 |
Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born. |
| 12/15/1943 |
The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 12/15/1950 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 12/15/1951 |
Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched. |
| 12/15/1957 |
60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
| 12/15/1965 |
Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river. |
| 12/15/1965 |
Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established. |
| 12/15/1974 |
Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died. |
| 12/15/1976 |
Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
| 12/15/1976 |
Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit |
| 12/15/1980 |
Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada. |
| 12/15/1988 |
Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 12/15/1991 |
Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement. |
| 12/15/1992 |
BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed. |
| 12/15/1995 |
Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP. |
| 12/15/1997 |
Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
| 12/15/1997 |
Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'. |
| 12/15/1999 |
The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd. |
| 12/15/1999 |
Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/2/1841 | Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan. |
| 7/13/1912 | Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P. |
| 8/11/1999 | Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 10/13/1991 | PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. |
| 9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
| 10/16/1983 | Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 1/31/1986 | Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away. |
| 4/27/1942 | Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India. |
| 2/28/1997 | The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11. |
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