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Historical Event on 7/15/1980
Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1984 | National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985. |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
| 7/7/1995 | Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court. |
| 1/15/1998 | Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur. |
| 6/18/1978 | The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 12/25/1876 | Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born. |
| 8/7/1988 | N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front. |
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