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Historical Event on 5/15/1958

Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1967University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
11/21/1921Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
1/9/1915Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
2/5/1981Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
7/26/1991Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).