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Historical Event on 3/15/1904

Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
10/26/1950Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
10/28/1911Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
6/6/1969Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
1/31/1931Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born.