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Historical Event on 3/15/1901

Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1988A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89).
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.
10/10/1996UP polls throw up a hung assembly.
5/24/1933Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind vs Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB), was born in Dudhani, Maharashtra.
4/16/1966Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away.