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Historical Event on 1/15/1977

Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
12/15/1999Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet.
9/23/1906Kumar (Mijjan) alias Syed Hasan Ali, film actor, was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has worked in 'Shadows of the Dead', 'Dukhiari', 'Gambler', 'Patan ni Paniari', 'Thoure of Delhi'.
9/21/1898Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born.
3/9/1998Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
12/3/1991An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.