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Historical Event on 12/15/1675

Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1900Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
12/8/1998An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
8/14/1993New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura.
1/29/1977Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
8/1/1927Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born.
9/9/1923First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.