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Historical Event on 8/15/1979

Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
4/12/2000Ban on LTTE for two more years from May 14, says the Union Home Minister L. K. Advani.
12/12/1925Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
3/3/1939Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisi alais Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties), was born in Secundrabad.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
9/14/1910Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
4/30/1936Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
4/5/1949Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.