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Historical Event on 2/15/1993

India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
12/16/1971Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
7/7/1962Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day.
11/8/1661Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
12/8/1900Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
4/9/1936SikhdevSingh RattanSingh Dhindsa was born in Ubhawal village, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab).
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.