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Historical Event on 4/15/1962

S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.
5/10/1936Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.
7/20/1991Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
7/10/1996Budget session of Parliament begins.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
3/2/1997Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF, congratulates India on its pursuit of steady and higher economic growth.