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Historical Event on 10/15/1899
Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/1996 | Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill. |
| 2/11/1913 | Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa). |
| 12/28/1926 | Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service. |
| 5/13/2000 | Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia. |
| 3/12/1942 | British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 8/4/2000 | Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98. |
| 6/6/1982 | Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 1/17/1833 | William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away. |
| 9/27/1703 | More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 2/9/1757 | In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab had paid compensation to British Army. |
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