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Historical Event on 6/15/1986
K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/19/1998 | Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/10/1986 | Pope John Paul II ends visit to India. |
| 10/31/1997 | Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai. |
| 11/6/1998 | Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah. |
| 3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
| 10/27/1937 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died. |
| 8/29/1947 | A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab. |
| 1/18/1999 | Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune. |
| 3/11/1915 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. |
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