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Historical Event on 4/15/1996
Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 12/12/1991 | Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery. |
| 4/3/1966 | First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus. |
| 1/21/1999 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai. |
| 7/29/1979 | Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 6/23/1993 | RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%. |
| 11/16/1995 | Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras. |
| 10/15/1997 | Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things' |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 3/11/1989 | In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in. |
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