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Historical Event on 3/15/1904

Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
4/29/1936Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
8/21/1955Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.