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Historical Event on 1/15/2000

Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1924Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
1/31/1997Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
8/2/1781Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died.
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
12/10/1984Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
4/11/1999A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
12/25/1943Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.