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Historical Event on 6/15/1960
Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1921 | Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born. |
| 3/19/1962 | Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 2/28/1985 | M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89). |
| 2/28/1985 | Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 7/30/1987 | India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe. |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 11/30/1974 | India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban. |
| 4/9/1783 | Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
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