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Historical Event on 1/15/1958
Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/10/1899 | Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born. |
| 6/23/2000 | Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism.. |
| 7/8/1985 | Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu. |
| 4/11/1942 | All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi. |
| 9/25/1954 | 14 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader. |
| 7/14/1997 | Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots. |
| 2/16/1944 | Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory. |
| 9/6/1975 | Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines. |
| 1/25/1983 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982). |
| 6/24/1966 | Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay. |
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