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Historical Event on 4/15/1976

India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1927Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
2/8/1989Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
12/12/1964Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
12/28/1896In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta.