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Historical Event on 7/15/1903

Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
8/22/1994Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
7/18/1980Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died.
6/13/1879Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born.
6/13/1879Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Devji alias Gaurang, Vishwambhar Mishra, Vaishnav Saint of Bengal, was born at Nabadwip in Bengal.