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Historical Event on 11/15/1982

S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
1/1/1985Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.