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Historical Event on 2/15/1945

Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1990Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions.
3/22/1885Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born.
12/20/1942Gangu Bai, freedom fighter from Kolhapur, died at Hinlang Jail because of police beating.
11/22/1916Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
10/15/1918Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people.
12/6/1907Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
11/19/1999New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
6/25/1996A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.