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Historical Event on 8/15/1942

Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.
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10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
10/31/1876Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
4/14/1988Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
5/5/1903Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).