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Historical Event on 4/15/1895
Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1990 | G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area. |
| 7/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept. |
| 2/25/1982 | J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 1/1/1931 | Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 12/12/1989 | Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor. |
| 8/23/1942 | Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur. |
| 3/31/1993 | Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar. |
| 5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
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