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Historical Event on 1/15/1918

K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.