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Historical Event on 4/15/1946

Triumphant over flesh and pain they passed away our day of peace to Cain. The original memorial was erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1990Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
9/18/1879Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
1/4/1948Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination.
2/12/1995Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.