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Historical Event on 10/15/1996
Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/3/1985 | The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff. |
| 1/11/1958 | Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps. |
| 2/5/1924 | Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona. |
| 6/5/1994 | Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72. |
| 4/17/1946 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 9/1/1962 | Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur. |
| 4/27/1993 | A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up. |
| 8/12/1991 | Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
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