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Historical Event on 7/15/1980

Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
4/1/1889Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.
3/2/1933Anandji, famous music director, was born.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.