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Historical Event on 1/15/1918

K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP.

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4/1/1944Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
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9/29/1997Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India.
11/14/1993Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.
7/21/1906W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
11/29/1996The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.