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Historical Event on 8/15/1942

Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
2/16/1942The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.
9/28/2000Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
3/27/1991Chautala recommends Assembly dissolution.