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Historical Event on 3/15/1950
Planning Commission Day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/1975 | Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay. |
| 10/3/1999 | India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore. |
| 1/5/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies. |
| 3/6/1915 | Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan. |
| 11/5/1931 | M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka. |
| 11/12/1990 | Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent. |
| 11/12/1990 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
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