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Historical Event on 11/15/1937

Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska

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5/19/1904Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
12/3/1956Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story writer, passed away.
9/29/1725Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born.
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
7/20/1990Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully.
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
9/1/1981Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984.
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3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
12/25/1861Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad.