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Historical Event on 8/15/1942
Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/30/1879 | Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/25/1996 | Kathapurushan' wins best film national award. |
| 7/16/1997 | V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 3/18/1996 | President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces. |
| 2/22/1854 | Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'. |
| 6/13/1996 | Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities. |
| 4/17/1945 | Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan. |
| 6/14/1929 | Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta. |
| 10/18/1861 | Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born. |
| 8/11/1954 | Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana. |
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