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Historical Event on 4/15/1948
Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1978 | Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived. |
| 2/6/1996 | Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91). |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 9/15/1948 | The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port. |
| 3/28/1997 | India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi. |
| 5/11/1999 | Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19. |
| 3/27/1989 | T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989. |
| 2/25/1920 | Balraj Madhok was born. |
| 10/15/1997 | Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things' |
| 3/16/1832 | Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away. |
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