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Historical Event on 2/15/1920
Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1946 | India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'. |
| 12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
| 12/12/1964 | HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight. |
| 2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 12/20/1904 | Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born. |
| 5/1/1973 | All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised. |
| 5/14/1982 | All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio. |
| 9/26/1946 | Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell. |
| 11/2/1992 | Nine Maharashtra ministers resign. |
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