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Historical Event on 3/15/1920
Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1939 | Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal. |
| 4/27/1606 | Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
| 10/10/1977 | 61 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini. |
| 1/18/1972 | Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/1/1905 | Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born. |
| 3/1/1993 | India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 9/10/1943 | Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged. |
| 12/17/1971 | Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war. |
| 4/1/1963 | D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment. |
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