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Historical Event on 7/15/1986

Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1921Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
6/6/1890Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
9/21/1954Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
8/18/1993The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
6/9/1991Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away.