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Historical Event on 3/15/1983

Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/198324 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
10/29/1930Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.