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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 6/15/1659 |
Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi. |
| 6/15/1659 |
Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. |
| 6/15/1899 |
Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born. |
| 6/15/1907 |
Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra). |
| 6/15/1908 |
Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened. |
| 6/15/1937 |
Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 6/15/1947 |
All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi. |
| 6/15/1948 |
Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away. |
| 6/15/1949 |
Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor and literature, died. He was 72. |
| 6/15/1953 |
Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established. |
| 6/15/1960 |
Bardwan University was established in West Bengal. |
| 6/15/1966 |
U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan. |
| 6/15/1969 |
Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86. |
| 6/15/1982 |
Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education. |
| 6/15/1986 |
K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident. |
| 6/15/1988 |
Dalai Lama recoganised the rights of China in foreign affairs and Army Operations in Tibet region. |
| 6/15/1990 |
Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC. |
| 6/15/1991 |
About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections. |
| 6/15/1991 |
General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won. |
| 6/15/1993 |
PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1992 | Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt. |
| 11/9/1972 | Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born. |
| 1/14/1959 | Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi. |
| 6/29/1999 | An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives. |
| 2/12/1993 | Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket. |
| 9/18/1997 | President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 6/11/1984 | 574 Sikh army deserters arrested. |
| 10/24/2000 | Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 3/22/2000 | P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry. |
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