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Historical Event on 1/15/1929

Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
5/7/1834East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
9/11/1948Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died.
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.