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Historical Event on 5/15/1873

The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
7/14/1999Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
9/15/1965President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
9/18/2000Firuz Shah Bahmani died.
9/9/1941Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.
11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.