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Historical Event on 6/15/1948

Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
4/2/1997A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.
8/25/1917The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission.
5/28/1996BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.