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Historical Event on 2/15/1993

India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
2/19/1915Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away.
10/22/1997Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
12/28/1907Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva).
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.