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Historical Event on 2/15/1920
Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1993 | The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations. |
| 11/3/1997 | American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity. |
| 9/5/1612 | East India Company's Navy eastablished. |
| 5/3/1718 | Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore. |
| 6/6/1891 | Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born. |
| 9/10/1887 | Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
| 9/10/1887 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 10/12/1967 | National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India. |
| 5/4/1995 | The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit. |
| 12/11/1998 | Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs. |
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