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Historical Event on 12/15/1675

Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/7/1993Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
8/9/1892Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born.
3/31/1980Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
8/2/1977Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
4/14/1948Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.