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Historical Event on 4/15/1996
Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
| 6/25/1993 | Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam. |
| 5/21/1927 | Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra. |
| 1/12/1966 | Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away. |
| 5/25/1886 | Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal. |
| 11/23/1991 | India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics. |
| 7/6/1939 | Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 10/28/1996 | Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram. |
| 2/18/1911 | Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction. |
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