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Historical Event on 2/15/1945

Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.