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Historical Event on 2/15/1951

Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1974Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.
5/20/1957Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad.
8/23/1986B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
10/19/1999Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I).
6/20/1996Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
6/3/1995President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.