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Historical Event on 4/15/1919

Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
1/22/1990Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
1/21/1943Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
3/17/1920Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.