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Historical Event on 6/15/1659

Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1875Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers.
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.
1/25/1917Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
6/7/1993Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed.
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.