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Historical Event on 1/15/1929

Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1984Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away.
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
12/27/1990Central Govt. introduces fresh direct tax proposals to raise additional Rs. 810 crore by raising income tax and fixing limits for deduction of depreciation.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
6/13/1965Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune.
12/4/1796Bajirao became the second Peshwa.
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
4/1/1941Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.