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Historical Event on 1/15/1888
Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 11/18/1974 | Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away. |
| 1/2/1994 | Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants. |
| 8/7/1888 | Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died. |
| 4/8/1993 | Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura. |
| 2/15/1997 | Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi. |
| 1/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
| 9/15/1967 | Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
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