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Historical Event on 10/15/1888

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.