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Historical Event on 10/15/1542
Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/3/1977 | Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 10/30/1990 | Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'. |
| 7/20/1829 | Jankibai passed away in jail. |
| 2/2/1964 | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 2/2/1964 | Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Devji alias Gaurang, Vishwambhar Mishra, Vaishnav Saint of Bengal, was born at Nabadwip in Bengal. |
| 8/15/1968 | Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published. |
| 12/30/1993 | Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress. |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
| 5/8/1990 | A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
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