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Historical Event on 4/15/1947
The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/19/1757 | The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company. |
| 5/25/1936 | Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 9/18/2000 | Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states. |
| 4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 2/1/1948 | Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established. |
| 1/9/1993 | An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off. |
| 12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
| 6/3/1977 | K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress. |
| 10/6/1997 | I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
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