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15 November - India on this day28 events

1949

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

#crime15-November-1949
1999

Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

#crime15-November-1999
1932

Surinder Kumar Mehra, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Delhi.

#birth15-November-1932
1875

Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.

#freedom fighter#death15-November-1875
1982

Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra.

#freedom fighter#death15-November-1982
1830

Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.

#religion15-November-1830
1988

Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.

#religion15-November-1988
1913

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems "Gitanjali" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Noble Prize.

#literature#award15-November-1913
1911

First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.

#meeting15-November-1911
1920

Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.

#meeting#politics15-November-1920
1621

Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.

#general15-November-1621
1991

Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.

#general15-November-1991
1993

IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.

#general#transport15-November-1993
1997

INS Delhi' commissioned.

#general15-November-1997
1993

Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme.

#law15-November-1993
1989

Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.

#sports15-November-1989
1992

Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban.

#sports15-November-1992
2000

India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.

#sports15-November-2000
1998

Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.

#sports15-November-1998
1817

Battle of Yerwada.

#war15-November-1817
1921

16 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.

#death15-November-1921
1937

Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) "Kamayanee" and plays "Chandra Gupt" and "Skand Gupt".

#death15-November-1937
1982

S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.

#death15-November-1982
1992

37 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur.

#death15-November-1992
1992

At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

#death15-November-1992
1995

Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations.

#politics15-November-1995
1999

The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana.

#politics15-November-1999
2000

Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.

#politics15-November-2000