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Historical Event on 8/15/1872

Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.

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12/21/1994The IAF return from peace keeping duties as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations in Somalia.
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
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1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
6/30/1755Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered.
6/2/1990Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka.