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Historical Event on 12/15/1908

Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
6/13/1918Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai.
4/9/1994C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.
6/17/1993K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.
6/17/1993Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
10/30/1887Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born.