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Historical Event on 12/15/1859
S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1895 | Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born. |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 3/22/1933 | M.V.Nagendra, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1963-77, was born at Karnataka. |
| 4/30/1981 | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985. |
| 8/29/1905 | Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day. |
| 1/25/1983 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982). |
| 4/4/1889 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/14/1994 | The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires. |
| 6/24/1961 | Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time. |
| 8/7/1991 | India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota. |
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