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Historical Event on 2/15/1945

Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
4/1/2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.
6/18/1946Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
2/1/1988The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).
2/19/1922Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab.