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Historical Event on 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
1/1/1920P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi.
1/1/1920General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.