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Historical Event on 12/15/1980
Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995). |
| 10/28/1998 | The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts. |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 3/25/1609 | Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat. |
| 3/25/1609 | Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital. |
| 1/20/1948 | 1. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir. |
| 1/20/1948 | Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini. |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
| 10/16/1968 | Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
| 2/16/1994 | Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar. |
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