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Historical Event on 1/15/1993
PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1843 | Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born. |
| 8/9/1971 | A 20-year non-aggression treaty for peace, friendship and co-operation was signed between India and U.S.S.R. |
| 5/23/1997 | The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh. |
| 8/8/1972 | Olympics open at Munich (26). |
| 10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
| 2/12/1987 | Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 11/18/1964 | Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966 |
| 8/21/1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
| 7/12/1965 | Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore. |
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