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Historical Event on 12/15/1965

Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
2/9/1929Abdul Rehman Abdul Gafur Antule, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Central Minister for Health, was born.
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
9/1/1947Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.