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Historical Event on 2/15/1869
Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 6/1/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in. |
| 12/20/1990 | India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations. |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
| 1/26/1981 | Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval. |
| 12/16/1971 | Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
| 7/1/1962 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad. |
| 4/25/1906 | Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born. |
| 10/6/1927 | The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay. |
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