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Historical Event on 4/15/1926
Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1929 | British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
| 1/17/1925 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
| 10/24/1890 | Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
| 4/19/1998 | Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters. |
| 8/22/1877 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka. |
| 8/22/1877 | Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away. |
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