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Historical Event on 3/15/1983
Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/1993 | V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes. |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 2/17/1976 | Urban Ceilings Act comes into force. |
| 9/12/1992 | Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years. |
| 12/20/1987 | Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup . |
| 10/10/1993 | Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU. |
| 4/16/1991 | President's rule imposed in Haryana. |
| 1/10/1993 | 24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi. |
| 3/31/1942 | During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security. |
| 4/11/1999 | Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai. |
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