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Historical Event on 1/15/1956

Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
9/21/1996Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
11/18/1925Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
6/17/1995Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.