Year 1659
Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi.
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15 June: 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 June.
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Year 1667
Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys conducted the first-ever human blood transfusion. He was a physician of King Louise XIV of France.
Year 1775
George Washington became the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. His selection was unanimous.
Year 1908
Establishment of the Calcutta Stock Exchange Association.
Year 1916
President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Charter that led to the creation of Boy Scouts of America.
Year 1947
All-India Congress accepts British plan for the partition of India in New Delhi.
Year 1953
Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established.
Year 1960
Burdwan University was established in West Bengal.
Year 1966
U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.
Year 1982
Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.
Year 1986
K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
Year 1988
Dalai Lama recognised the rights of China in foreign affairs and Army Operations in Tibet region.
Year 1990
Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC.
Year 2012
Nik Wallenda completed the tightrope walk over Niagara Falls and became the first man to achieve this feat.
Born 1848
Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (d. 1902)
Born 1899
Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.
Born 1907
Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra).
Born 1917
Sajjad Hussain, an Indian film score composer.
Born 1923
Keshav Jagannath Purohit 'Shantaram' - Literary
Born 1927
Ibn-e-Insha, an Indo-Pakistani Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer, and newspaper columnist.
Born 1928
Shankar Vaidya - Literary
Born 1929
Suraiya, a popular actress and playback singer.
Born 1932
Zia Fariduddin Dagar, an Indian classical vocalist.
Born 1933
Sarojini Vaidya - Writer
Born 1937
Anna Hazare, an Indian social activist.
Born 1938
Anna Hazare, Social Worker
Born 1947
Premanand Gajvi - literary and playwright
Born 1950
Lakshmi Mittal, an Indian steel magnate.
Born 1952
Satya Pal Jain, Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India
Born 1953
Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China.
Died 1878
Shiva Dayal Saheb, founder of the esoteric Hindu and Sikh sect Radha Soami Satsang.
Died 1931
Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur, and journalist,
Died 1948
Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
Died 1949
Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor, and literature, died. He was 72.
Died 1969
Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, the great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in the development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
Died 1971
Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Died 1979
Suryakant Ramchandra Khandekar, Poet and Musician
Died 1983
Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, an Indian Telugu-language poet, and lyricist.