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Historical Event on 3/15/1831
First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/28/1916 | Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 1/9/1841 | John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris. |
| 12/22/1998 | The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval. |
| 5/29/1947 | Establishment of Indian Standard Institution. |
| 2/11/1935 | Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born. |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 7/28/1939 | Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away. |
| 12/9/1992 | More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial. |
| 5/23/1805 | Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor. |
| 7/27/1998 | 7 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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