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Historical Event on 7/15/2000
The Maharashtra Government gives the green signal to police to proceed against Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray for his alleged role in the 1992-93 Mumbai communal riots.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1997 | Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 11/14/1914 | Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati. |
| 11/7/1907 | Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra. |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 2/6/1990 | Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 10/30/1889 | Acharya Narendra Deo, educationist, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Sitapur, U.P. |
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