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Historical Event on 12/15/1976

Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
1/18/2000India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT.
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
7/22/1993R.K. Khandekar, PM's aide, denies Harshad Mehta's charges.
12/6/1995The Sixth Army Ordnance Corps Reunion and Silver Jubilee of Colour Presentation was celebrated at AOC Centre with pomp and splendour, fun and gaiety and professionalism of high order. The highlights included para-dropping, AOC Kangla Tongbi, Sonet-lumiere sound and light show, Central Parade and Yaadgar Parade.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.