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Historical Event on 1/15/1888

Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
1/12/1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
1/12/1993Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
7/29/1748Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
4/2/1970Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.