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Historical Event on 10/15/1987
Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 12/23/1920 | King George V signs Home Rule Act. |
| 4/10/1760 | Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75. |
| 7/3/1991 | Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% . |
| 4/24/1929 | First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off. |
| 1/12/1708 | Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year. |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 3/16/1880 | Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born. |
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