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Historical Event on 10/15/1977
The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/25/1962 | Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/14/1989 | 'Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 4/17/1945 | Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan. |
| 1/17/1981 | Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram. |
| 1/2/1990 | Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed. |
| 1/15/1999 | Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai. |
| 1/1/1980 | This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"". |
| 7/27/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
| 1/30/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi. |
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