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Historical Event on 1/15/1977

Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.
6/19/1966Saint Chokhoba passed away.
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
5/3/1999Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
9/11/1993Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi.
8/10/1993Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away.