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Historical Event on 3/15/1920

Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
6/5/1994Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
9/25/1927Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
4/16/1980Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final.
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.