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Historical Event on 3/15/1831

First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
10/14/1953Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
1/23/1897Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
6/26/1975Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government.