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Historical Event on 6/15/1986

K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
12/14/1985Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
2/23/1998BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
6/13/1757Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons.