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Historical Event on 2/15/1992
Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/25/1999 | Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu. |
| 3/24/1991 | Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away. |
| 10/17/1903 | 7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary. |
| 8/3/1970 | Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary. |
| 1/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 8/8/1932 | Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born. |
| 11/16/1962 | Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war. |
| 4/15/1956 | A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels. |
| 9/22/1988 | PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill. |
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