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Historical Event on 1/15/2000

Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
9/25/1916Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
4/3/1994Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns.
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.