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Historical Event on 1/15/1958

Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
6/15/1982Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.
2/7/2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
6/28/1928Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born.
10/6/1893Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
5/7/1889Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.