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Historical Event on 12/15/1951
Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.

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1/5/1968	Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
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8/18/1923	Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay.
10/31/1984	Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
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Historical Event on 12/15/1951 Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.

Historical Event on 12/15/1951
Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.