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Historical Event on 1/15/1999

Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
6/26/1955Poland and India affirm Panchsheel.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
7/31/1990Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.