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Historical Event on 10/15/1961

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
1/9/1994Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.
3/10/1995ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
2/28/1997Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.