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Historical Event on 2/15/1865
Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
| 11/16/1835 | Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19). |
| 2/21/1996 | Japanese encephalitis', caused by virus transmitted by mosquitoes, claims 21 lives in Kerala. |
| 1/7/1928 | Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar. |
| 10/30/1976 | Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978. |
| 8/17/1970 | The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi. |
| 8/17/1970 | Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312. |
| 10/24/1994 | The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld. |
| 6/5/1980 | Manipur University was established. |
| 10/1/1953 | The first new state in India since 1949, Andhra Pradesh, is established on purely linguistic basis and formally inaugurated. This state was created by sub-dividing state of India, Madras Province and this movement was started by Shriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life. |
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