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Historical Event on 6/15/1986

K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1946Cabinet Mission in India.
6/16/1950 Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
4/6/1990Bhalchandra Tryambak Randive, senior Marxist leader and founder President of WTU, died.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
1/2/1943Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.