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Historical Event on 3/15/1996

Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
1/8/1995Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
9/20/1881Pandit Kashinath Babaji (Chandrakant Bhringa), famous Marathi writer, was born at Munjawad in Nasik.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
8/22/1994Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
6/6/1961Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
3/2/1986Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away.