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Historical Event on 4/15/1962

S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
3/26/1999Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.
1/9/1915Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.
9/5/1987Shanbagh, Vandana Rao, Shiny and Usha sets record in the women's category for 4x400m race in 3.31.55 seconds at Rome .
12/7/1989Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
9/11/1948Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.