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Historical Event on 6/15/1659

Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
2/5/1968Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away.
6/21/1999Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
11/19/1961World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.