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Historical Event on 6/15/1969

Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1903Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
1/21/1961Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
12/10/1989Janardan Swami passed away.
1/24/1994Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit.
11/19/1835Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'.
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
11/5/1998India and Pakistan agree to continue their talks on the Tulbul navigator project on the Jhelum in Kashmir, despite differences over various provisions of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960.