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Historical Event on 4/15/1658
Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
| 6/19/1931 | Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa. |
| 2/18/1946 | Cabinet Mission in India. |
| 8/5/1965 | Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 5/4/1994 | Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service. |
| 11/29/1996 | Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR. |
| 9/23/1992 | Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested. |
| 12/14/1992 | Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. National head quarters of the party in New Delhi sealed. |
| 11/29/2000 | India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad. |
| 8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
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