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Historical Event on 11/15/1875

Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
10/15/1899Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born.
10/12/1997Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence.
8/1/1986Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.