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Historical Event on 4/15/1992

D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
10/21/1934Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary.
9/27/1856Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
2/12/1998Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
11/6/1946Gandhiji leaves for Noakhali; issues statement on ""Partial Fast"". Noakhali tour beg
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.