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Historical Event on 8/15/1867

Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1888Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, was born in Tiruchirapalli, South India. His work was influential in the growth of science in India. He was the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics for the 1928 discovery now called 'Raman scattering'--a change in frequency observed when light is scattered in a transparent material. When monochromatic or laser light is passed through a transparent gas, liquid, or solid and is observed with the spectroscope, the normal spectral line has associated with it lines of longer and of shorter wavelength called the Raman spectrum. Thus the Raman effect is applied in spectrographic chemical analysis and in the determination of molecular structure.
9/22/1992Indo-British Extradition Treaty signed in London.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
12/22/1945Shridhar Balkrishna Kulkarni (Pathe Bapurao), famous poet known for instant poetry and Marathi folk song writer, died.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
1/29/1939Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.