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Historical Event on 03/15/1564

Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
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'.
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
11/1/1945Narendra Dabholkar, blind faith eradicator (Andhashradhha Nirmulak), was born.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.