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Historical Event on 6/15/1986
K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/9/1893 | Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh. |
| 4/24/1974 | Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 7/29/1988 | Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 1/10/1997 | Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 4/12/1967 | U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding. |
| 11/1/1991 | J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary. |
| 11/1/1991 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
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