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Historical Event on 6/15/1948

Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
1/18/1990Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits.
3/22/1885Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born.
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.