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Historical Event on 5/15/1729
Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/3/1990 | Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 5/21/1994 | Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe. |
| 7/27/1994 | Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses. |
| 5/16/1926 | Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
| 11/15/1921 | 16 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels. |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 5/1/1996 | Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court. |
| 7/13/1907 | Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 7/6/1787 | Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land. |
| 12/24/1984 | Eigth General Elections of India began . |
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