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Historical Event on 6/15/1899
Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/1764 | The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro. |
| 10/24/1997 | Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance. |
| 8/9/1966 | Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort. |
| 11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
| 10/15/1994 | SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV. |
| 11/20/1947 | Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi. |
| 12/23/1913 | Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died. |
| 6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
| 4/18/1917 | Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
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