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Historical Event on 11/15/1913

Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)

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3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.
12/16/1924Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
5/16/1986V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
1/17/1889Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, Cricketer was Born
9/13/2000Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.