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Historical Event on 3/15/1908

Police shoot four people in rioting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
11/11/1979President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India.
4/9/1695Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav.
10/10/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
3/8/1963Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar.
4/18/1914Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai.
4/10/1993Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.