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Historical Event on 4/15/1926

Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
11/22/1967Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
6/1/1904Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.
9/27/1990Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
11/11/1992S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka.