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Historical Event on 1/15/1999

Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
8/13/2000The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players.
8/13/2000Saint Chokhoba passed away.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
8/5/1969Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.
7/31/1946Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"".
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.