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Historical Event on 1/15/1958
Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 5/4/1993 | Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice. |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
| 9/6/1774 | British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
| 10/19/1689 | Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals. |
| 11/25/1879 | Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement. |
| 7/11/2000 | Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
| 2/3/1916 | Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya. |
| 6/24/1991 | Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir. |
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