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Historical Event on 4/15/1976

India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
12/19/19842,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.
2/28/1997Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
1/11/1960Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.