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Historical Event on 2/15/1936
Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1995 | 25 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati. |
| 11/27/1935 | Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
| 11/20/1902 | Gandhiji returned to South Africa at the request of the Indian community and revived the Indians against Anti-Asian Laws. |
| 1/6/1981 | Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres. |
| 5/7/1907 | Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
| 6/19/1991 | Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
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