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Historical Event on 1/15/1898
Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/1897 | Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born. |
| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 3/26/1990 | Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns. |
| 1/14/1990 | India and Maldives scrap visas. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 7/25/1995 | India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95). |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 1/10/1959 | Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi. |
| 9/20/1933 | Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died. |
| 12/8/1857 | Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail. |
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