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Historical Event on 3/15/1901

Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
3/31/1867Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
12/6/1992300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
3/9/1999Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
1/8/1984Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi.