Year 1658
Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
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15 April: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 15 April.
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Universal Day of Culture
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Year 1895
Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
Year 1912
RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Year 1919
British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
Year 1923
Insulin became available in the market for people suffering from diabetes.
Year 1946
The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
Year 1947
The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
Year 1947
Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.
Year 1948
Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
Year 1948
Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
Year 1950
Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
Year 1956
A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
Year 1975
India recognises the Sihanouk Government in Cambodia.
Year 1980
Six more private sector banks nationalized.
Year 1984
Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
Year 1992
Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
Year 1994
India signed `GAT' agreement.
Year 1994
After the establishment of the World Trade Organization, 123 countries signed its agreement.
Year 1996
Shyam Benegal's film 'The Making of a Mahatma' released in S. Africa
Year 2000
Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
Year 2000
G-77 summit concluded in Havana with a call for cooperation to combat terrorism.
2004, 15th April: The murder of LTTE militant V Muralitharan in Colombo linked to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
Born 1452
Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian polymath and one of the greatest painters of all time.
Born 1469
Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Born 1563
Guru Arjan, the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Born 1707
Leonhard Euler, a Swiss mathematician.
Born 1874
Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born.
Born 1883
Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.
Born 1890
Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born.
Born 1894
Nikita Khrushchev, former Premier of the Soviet Union.
Born 1901
Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
Born 1919
Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur.
Born 1922
Hasrat Jaipuri, an Indian poet.
Born 1926
Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab.
Born 1927
Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, was born.
Born 1932
Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born.
Born 1938
Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .
Born 1942
George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
Born 1901
Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1986)
Born 1922
Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1999)
Born 1932
Suresh Bhat, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2003)
Born 1963
Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
Born 1972
Mandira Bedi, an Indian actress, fashion designer, and television presenter.
Born 1977
Sudarsan Pattnaik, Indian sculptor
Born 1990
Emma Watson, an English actress, model, and activist.
Died 1794
Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
Died 1865
Abraham Lincoln, as the 16th president of the United States.
Died 1912
Edward Smith, a British naval officer. He was the captain of the RMS Titanic.
Died 1980
Jean-Paul Sartre, a French philosopher.
Died 1990
Greta Garbo, a Swedish-American actress.
Died 1992
D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away.
Died 1995
Pandit Liladhar Joshi, then Chief Minister of Central India.
Died 1998
Pol Pot, former prime minister of Cambodia.