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Historical Event on 1/15/1948
Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/21/1962 | India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India. |
| 8/30/1990 | Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill. |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 6/8/1992 | Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached. |
| 11/7/1975 | Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi. |
| 4/1/1839 | Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients . |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 1/15/1934 | Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed. |
| 6/1/1972 | Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS). |
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