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Historical Event on 11/15/1949

Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1887Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
3/1/2000Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
3/1/2000Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
11/16/1962Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war.
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
4/5/1663Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.