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Historical Event on 1/15/1971
Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/14/1992 | The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 11/1/1936 | Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand, justice, was born at Jammu (J & K State). He was the Chief Justice of India from 10/10/1998. |
| 9/4/1825 | Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'. |
| 2/28/1927 | Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 12/10/1886 | Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'. |
| 12/28/1972 | C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 7/16/1997 | Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''. |
| 1/17/1889 | Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan. |
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