15 April Today in Indian History (English)

Created by MentorJi in Today In History 19 Apr 2024
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Historical Events on April 15.


  1.  Historical events in Indian and world history on April 15.


  1.  1912, 15th April: RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.


  1.  1923, 15th April: Insulin became available in the market for people suffering from diabetes.


  1.  1994, 15th April: After the establishment of the World Trade Organization, 123 countries signed its agreement.


  1.  2000, 15th April: G-77 summit concluded in Havana with a call for cooperation to combat terrorism.


  1.  2004, 15th April: The murder of LTTE militant V Muralitharan in Colombo linked to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination.



Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 15.


  1.  1452: Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian polymath and one of the greatest painters of all time.


  1.  1469: Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.


  1.  1563: Guru Arjan, the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus. 


  1.  1707: Leonhard Euler, a Swiss mathematician.


  1.  1894: Nikita Khrushchev, former Premier of the Soviet Union.


  1.  1901: Ajoy Mukherjee, an Indian independence activist and politician


  1.  1922: Hasrat Jaipuri, an Indian poet.


  1.  1932: Suresh Bhat, a noted Marathi-Indian poet.


  1.  1963: Manoj Prabhakar, an Indian former cricketer.


  1.  1972: Mandira Bedi, an Indian actress, fashion designer, and television presenter.


  1.  1990: Emma Watson, an English actress, model, and activist.



Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 15.


  1.  1865: Abraham Lincoln, as the 16th president of the United States.


  1.  1912: Edward Smith, a British naval officer. He was the captain of the RMS Titanic.


  1.  1980: Jean-Paul Sartre, a French philosopher.


  1.  1990: Greta Garbo, a Swedish-American actress. 


  1.  1995: Pandit Liladhar Joshi, then Chief Minister of Central India.

  2.  1998: Pol Pot, former prime minister of Cambodia. 


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