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Historical Event on 4/15/1975

Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1999A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.
6/27/1922Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
8/13/1988Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.
10/12/1907Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born.
10/30/1991Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
4/6/1997Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
8/7/1982Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.