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Historical Event on 6/15/1659

Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1953The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India.
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.
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
2/16/1955Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
10/23/1992UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.