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Historical Event on 12/15/1976

Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1992Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
8/28/1993President's rule in J&K extended for another six months.
8/20/1979Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
3/1/1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
11/5/1990Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
11/5/1990Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.