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Historical Event on 12/15/1859
S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born.
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| 4/18/1917 | Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act. |
| 2/19/1997 | Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P. |
| 4/27/1996 | First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states. |
| 9/7/1887 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh. |
| 10/2/1930 | Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra. |
| 1/19/1963 | Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away. |
| 6/20/1985 | The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan. |
| 8/14/1900 | S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born. |
| 3/9/1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/18/1990 | Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
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