Historical Events on February 15.

1.  399, 15th Feb: Socrates was sentenced to death.

2.  1879, 15th Feb: US Supreme Court allowed women lawyers to fight lawsuits.

3.  1939, 15th Feb: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the President of the Congress.

4.  1942, 15th Feb: World War II- British troops surrendered in Singapore. 80,000 Indian, British, and Australian troop’s ceasefire.

5.  1965, 15th Feb: Canada adopted a new flag.

6.  1967, 15th Feb: Fourth general election held in India.

7.  1976, 15th Feb: Central Agricultural Research Institute was established in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 15.

1.  1564: Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer.

2.  1710: Louis XV, the King of France.

3.  1824: Rajendralal (Raja Mitra), the first president of the Asiatic Society, an Orientalist researcher in Bengal.

4.  1923: Sathyavani Muthu, an Indian politician and an influential leader from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

5.  1934: Niklaus Wirth, a Swiss computer scientist. 

6.  1935: Bashir Badr, an Indian poet of Urdu.

7.  1947: Randhir Kapoor, an Indian film actor, producer, and director.

8.  1949: Namdeo Dhasal, a Marathi poet, writer, and Dalit activist from Maharashtra, India.

9.  1964: Ashutosh Gowariker, an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.

10.  2017: The Indian space rocket PSLV-C37 successfully launches 104 satellites in a single flight.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 15.

1.  1869: Mirza Ghalib, a prominent Urdu, and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire.

2.  1948: Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, an Indian poet. 

3.  1953: Sureshbabu Mane, a prominent Hindustani classical music singer of Kirānā Gharānā in India. 

4.  1988: Richard Feynman, an American theoretical physicist.

15-February-1865

Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.

15-February-1869

Mirza "Galib" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away.

15-February-1901

Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away.

15-February-1920

Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.

15-February-1924

Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.

15-February-1924

Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.

15-February-1936

Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.

15-February-1945

Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.

15-February-1948

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, famous Hindi poet, political agitator, critic and freedom fighter, passed away near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in an automobile accident.

15-February-1951

Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.

15-February-1967

Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.

15-February-1976

The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters.

15-February-1976

The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

15-February-1992

Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).

15-February-1992

Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away.

15-February-1993

India regains "Rubber" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.

15-February-1997

Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.

15-February-1998

Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.

15-February-2000

K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.