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Historical Event on 10/15/1990
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 11/10/1909 | Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke. |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 7/31/1952 | Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 6/12/1990 | CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions. |
| 5/8/1815 | Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony. |
| 1/2/1993 | Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya. |
| 10/3/1977 | Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi. |
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