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Historical Event on 3/15/1901

Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.
8/3/1890Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi.
12/27/1999PSCB's Prathima Kumari shattered the National clean and jerk mark twice in the women's 58-kg class on the second day of the senior national weightlifting championship in Kalyan.
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
5/23/1965Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
2/12/1997Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.