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Historical Event on 6/15/1937
Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar.
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| 1/17/1992 | Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 8/12/1868 | Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born. |
| 8/7/1980 | Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York. |
| 8/17/1947 | The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence. |
| 10/1/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 6/21/1997 | Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore. |
| 7/8/1996 | U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections. |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
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