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Historical Event on 7/15/1980

Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
1/7/1858The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
7/16/1905A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat.