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Historical Event on 12/15/1859

S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
7/30/1622Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
10/28/1928M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).