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Historical Event on 2/15/1869

Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
4/16/1997G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died.
10/11/1999Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.
1/8/1993Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
10/27/1969Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
3/1/1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.
3/16/1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.