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Historical Event on 1/15/1977

Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1995Mayavati Government wins vote of confidence.
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
6/1/1964Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'.
6/1/1964Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
4/28/1740Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
3/25/1916S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
7/15/1917Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra).