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Historical Event on 5/15/1873

The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
7/1/1947Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh).
3/9/1914Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born.
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
1/15/1966The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons.
12/26/1997Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I).
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
6/18/1887Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar.