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Historical Event on 11/15/1875
Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 5/14/1995 | Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people. |
| 7/20/1991 | Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead. |
| 2/16/1944 | Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory. |
| 7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
| 10/20/1920 | Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919. |
| 2/25/1909 | Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months. |
| 11/30/1759 | Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk. |
| 7/6/1998 | Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja. |
| 11/1/1932 | Anadi Sankar Gupta, great educationist, was born at Goila, Bangladesh. |
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