15 April - India on this day36 events
Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born.
Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born.
Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur.
Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab.
Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .
Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
Triumphant over flesh and pain they passed away our day of peace to Cain. The original memorial was erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
Shyam Benegal's film "The Making of a Mahatma" released in South Africa.
Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away.
The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.