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Historical Event on 6/15/1949

Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor and literature, died. He was 72.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1997India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
12/13/2000All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
3/19/1848Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
3/20/1952Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.