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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
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
1/1/1920P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi.
1/12/1992Punjab election set for February 19.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
5/14/1963Dr. Raghuvir, a famous linguist and President of Jansangh, passed away.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
7/4/1897Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
3/30/1994G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.