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Historical Event on 6/15/1659
Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1904 | Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born. |
| 1/10/1993 | 24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi. |
| 3/21/1977 | Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 8/18/1993 | The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000. |
| 5/23/1895 | Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away. |
| 8/1/1953 | Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas. |
| 2/22/1977 | Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled. |
| 11/29/2000 | India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
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