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Historical Event on 7/15/1987

Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1799Krishnaraj Bodiyar was once again declared as the King of Mysore.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
5/11/1999Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people.
7/22/1925Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born.
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.
11/7/1900Ranga N.G, professor and politician, was born.
1/26/1926V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born.
5/15/1999Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.