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Historical Event on 6/15/1899

Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
4/10/1930Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
8/11/1954Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
12/30/1947India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.