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Historical Event on 12/15/1976

Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
12/19/1969Nayan Ramlal Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- ), was born in Baroda.
4/4/1990Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
4/4/1990Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.
2/11/1933The outcome of the conference was that diarchy in the province was abolished, federal system was established in the center, Sindh was separated from Bombay, communal awards were started by the Prime Minister of Britain Sir Ramsay McDonald and White Paper on Indian reforms was published in 1933.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').