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Historical Event on 12/15/1991

Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
9/16/1967Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
3/29/1990Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away.