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Historical Event on 10/15/1990
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/14/1941 | Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India. |
| 10/10/1946 | Noakhali Massacre. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 2/7/1994 | C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 5/22/1970 | Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'. |
| 6/9/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness. |
| 10/19/1888 | Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem. |
| 6/11/1946 | Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre. |
| 12/15/1957 | 60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
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