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Historical Event on 3/15/1983

Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
9/10/1920Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away.
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
7/13/1997A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).
1/29/1976Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.
4/1/1889Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily.
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.