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Historical Event on 7/15/1993

Maninderjit Singh Bitta,Punjab Minister of State for Irrigation, appointed new Youth Cong (I) President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
2/21/1894Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab.
1/21/1996Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction.
5/23/1931Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
2/24/1922Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.
11/8/1992Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
10/1/1958Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.