Jan
11
Sat
2025
History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 11 January-
- January 11, 1613 – Emperor Jahangir permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat and the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
- January 11, 1859 – Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
- January 11, 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, president of JMM political party, born on 11 January 1944 who condemned for murder in December 2006, then acquitted in August 2007.
- January 11, 1954 – Kailash Sharma, famously known as Kailash Satyarthi, born in the Vidisha district of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on January 11, 1954 is an engineer, academic, and activist. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
- January 11, 1955 – Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
- January 11, 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
- January 11, 1966 – Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India who held this position till January 24, 1966.
- January 11, 1972 – East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh.
- January 11, 1973 – Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore on 11 January 1973.
- January 11, 1986 – The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
- January 11, 1986 – The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.
- January 11, 1991 – Bharat Ratna, India’s highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai.
- January 11, 1991 – Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
- January 11, 1996 – Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
- January 11, 1999 – Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
to be Continued ..
Jan
15
Wed
2025
History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 15 January-
- January 15, 1559 – Elizabeth I was crowned as Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
- January 15, 1592 – Shahjahan, the mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
- January 15, 1656 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered Javali state.
- January 15, 1887 – Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born on 15 January 1887 in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.
- January 15, 1888 – Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, barrister and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
- January 15, 1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball on 15 January 1892.
- January 15, 1923 – Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan Tamil singer and actress, was born on 15 January 1923 and died in a car accident on October 28, 1978.
- January 15, 1929 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born as Michael King Jr. at America on 15 January 1929.
- January 15, 1934 – The 8.4 earthquake on the Ricther Scale, in India/Nepal strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 10,700 people.
- January 15, 1942 – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as head of Indian’s National Congress Party.
- January 15, 1943 – The Pentagon headquarters of the Department of U. S. Defense was completed after just 16 months construction.
- January 15, 1947 – Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
- January 15, 1947 – Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born.
- January 15, 1948 – Mahatama Gandhi hailed Indian Cabinet’s decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Also his fast continued for establishment of communal peace.
- January 15, 1949 – The Chinese Communist Party forces took over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
- January 15, 1949 – Gen. K. M. Cariappa was appointed as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, succeeding Lieutenant General Sir Roy Bucher. Since then 15 January is being celebrated as the Indian Army Day. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff – General, later Field Marshal.
- January 15, 1956 – Kumari Mayawati, born as Mayawati Prabhu Das on 15 January 1956, is an Indian politician, leader of the BSP and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- January 15, 1958 – Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
- January 15, 1966 – The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal.
- January 15, 1982 – Neil Nitin Mukesh, born on 15 January 1982, is an Indian actor.
- January 15, 1989 – Worst railway tragedy in Bangladesh history in which 110 people were killed and 1,000 wounded.
- January 15, 1994 – Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati-Indian Author, Poet, Astrologis, died on 15 January 1994 in Paddhari, Gujarat, India. He was born on January 22, 1916.
- January 15, 1996 – The original name of the city ‘Bombay’ was restored as “Mumbai“. Also Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai was renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
- January 15, 1997 – Pakistan’s pilotless surveillance aircraft intruded into Indian air space for the first time.
- January 15, 1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, shortly Prime Minister of India, died on 15 January 1998. He was born on July 4, 1898 at Sialkot in the Punjab Province of British India, currently in Punjab Province of Pakistan after the partition.
- January 15, 2000 – Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
- January 15, 2007 – In Nepal, opening of the first session of the parliament (Sansad) after king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev had been ousted. The Maoist communist party had 83 MP among 330.
- January 15, 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditched safely in the Hudson River after the plane collided with birds several minutes after take-off.
- January 15, 2013 – The Pakistani Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Raja Pervez Ashraf, the country’s prime minister, in connection with a corruption case relating to contracts for the purchase of rental power plants by the federal government when he was the federal minister for water and power.
to be Continued ..
Jan
11
Sun
2026
History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 11 January-
- January 11, 1613 – Emperor Jahangir permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat and the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
- January 11, 1859 – Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
- January 11, 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, president of JMM political party, born on 11 January 1944 who condemned for murder in December 2006, then acquitted in August 2007.
- January 11, 1954 – Kailash Sharma, famously known as Kailash Satyarthi, born in the Vidisha district of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on January 11, 1954 is an engineer, academic, and activist. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
- January 11, 1955 – Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
- January 11, 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
- January 11, 1966 – Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India who held this position till January 24, 1966.
- January 11, 1972 – East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh.
- January 11, 1973 – Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore on 11 January 1973.
- January 11, 1986 – The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
- January 11, 1986 – The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.
- January 11, 1991 – Bharat Ratna, India’s highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai.
- January 11, 1991 – Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
- January 11, 1996 – Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
- January 11, 1999 – Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
to be Continued ..
Jan
15
Thu
2026
History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 15 January-
- January 15, 1559 – Elizabeth I was crowned as Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
- January 15, 1592 – Shahjahan, the mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
- January 15, 1656 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered Javali state.
- January 15, 1887 – Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born on 15 January 1887 in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.
- January 15, 1888 – Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, barrister and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
- January 15, 1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball on 15 January 1892.
- January 15, 1923 – Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan Tamil singer and actress, was born on 15 January 1923 and died in a car accident on October 28, 1978.
- January 15, 1929 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born as Michael King Jr. at America on 15 January 1929.
- January 15, 1934 – The 8.4 earthquake on the Ricther Scale, in India/Nepal strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 10,700 people.
- January 15, 1942 – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as head of Indian’s National Congress Party.
- January 15, 1943 – The Pentagon headquarters of the Department of U. S. Defense was completed after just 16 months construction.
- January 15, 1947 – Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
- January 15, 1947 – Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born.
- January 15, 1948 – Mahatama Gandhi hailed Indian Cabinet’s decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Also his fast continued for establishment of communal peace.
- January 15, 1949 – The Chinese Communist Party forces took over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
- January 15, 1949 – Gen. K. M. Cariappa was appointed as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, succeeding Lieutenant General Sir Roy Bucher. Since then 15 January is being celebrated as the Indian Army Day. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff – General, later Field Marshal.
- January 15, 1956 – Kumari Mayawati, born as Mayawati Prabhu Das on 15 January 1956, is an Indian politician, leader of the BSP and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- January 15, 1958 – Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
- January 15, 1966 – The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal.
- January 15, 1982 – Neil Nitin Mukesh, born on 15 January 1982, is an Indian actor.
- January 15, 1989 – Worst railway tragedy in Bangladesh history in which 110 people were killed and 1,000 wounded.
- January 15, 1994 – Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati-Indian Author, Poet, Astrologis, died on 15 January 1994 in Paddhari, Gujarat, India. He was born on January 22, 1916.
- January 15, 1996 – The original name of the city ‘Bombay’ was restored as “Mumbai“. Also Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai was renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
- January 15, 1997 – Pakistan’s pilotless surveillance aircraft intruded into Indian air space for the first time.
- January 15, 1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, shortly Prime Minister of India, died on 15 January 1998. He was born on July 4, 1898 at Sialkot in the Punjab Province of British India, currently in Punjab Province of Pakistan after the partition.
- January 15, 2000 – Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
- January 15, 2007 – In Nepal, opening of the first session of the parliament (Sansad) after king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev had been ousted. The Maoist communist party had 83 MP among 330.
- January 15, 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditched safely in the Hudson River after the plane collided with birds several minutes after take-off.
- January 15, 2013 – The Pakistani Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Raja Pervez Ashraf, the country’s prime minister, in connection with a corruption case relating to contracts for the purchase of rental power plants by the federal government when he was the federal minister for water and power.
to be Continued ..
Jan
11
Mon
2027
History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 11 January-
- January 11, 1613 – Emperor Jahangir permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat and the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
- January 11, 1859 – Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
- January 11, 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, president of JMM political party, born on 11 January 1944 who condemned for murder in December 2006, then acquitted in August 2007.
- January 11, 1954 – Kailash Sharma, famously known as Kailash Satyarthi, born in the Vidisha district of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on January 11, 1954 is an engineer, academic, and activist. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
- January 11, 1955 – Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
- January 11, 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
- January 11, 1966 – Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India who held this position till January 24, 1966.
- January 11, 1972 – East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh.
- January 11, 1973 – Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore on 11 January 1973.
- January 11, 1986 – The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
- January 11, 1986 – The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.
- January 11, 1991 – Bharat Ratna, India’s highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai.
- January 11, 1991 – Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
- January 11, 1996 – Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
- January 11, 1999 – Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
to be Continued ..
Jan
15
Fri
2027
History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 15 January-
- January 15, 1559 – Elizabeth I was crowned as Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
- January 15, 1592 – Shahjahan, the mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
- January 15, 1656 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered Javali state.
- January 15, 1887 – Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born on 15 January 1887 in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.
- January 15, 1888 – Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, barrister and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
- January 15, 1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball on 15 January 1892.
- January 15, 1923 – Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan Tamil singer and actress, was born on 15 January 1923 and died in a car accident on October 28, 1978.
- January 15, 1929 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born as Michael King Jr. at America on 15 January 1929.
- January 15, 1934 – The 8.4 earthquake on the Ricther Scale, in India/Nepal strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 10,700 people.
- January 15, 1942 – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as head of Indian’s National Congress Party.
- January 15, 1943 – The Pentagon headquarters of the Department of U. S. Defense was completed after just 16 months construction.
- January 15, 1947 – Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
- January 15, 1947 – Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born.
- January 15, 1948 – Mahatama Gandhi hailed Indian Cabinet’s decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Also his fast continued for establishment of communal peace.
- January 15, 1949 – The Chinese Communist Party forces took over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
- January 15, 1949 – Gen. K. M. Cariappa was appointed as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, succeeding Lieutenant General Sir Roy Bucher. Since then 15 January is being celebrated as the Indian Army Day. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff – General, later Field Marshal.
- January 15, 1956 – Kumari Mayawati, born as Mayawati Prabhu Das on 15 January 1956, is an Indian politician, leader of the BSP and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- January 15, 1958 – Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
- January 15, 1966 – The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal.
- January 15, 1982 – Neil Nitin Mukesh, born on 15 January 1982, is an Indian actor.
- January 15, 1989 – Worst railway tragedy in Bangladesh history in which 110 people were killed and 1,000 wounded.
- January 15, 1994 – Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati-Indian Author, Poet, Astrologis, died on 15 January 1994 in Paddhari, Gujarat, India. He was born on January 22, 1916.
- January 15, 1996 – The original name of the city ‘Bombay’ was restored as “Mumbai“. Also Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai was renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
- January 15, 1997 – Pakistan’s pilotless surveillance aircraft intruded into Indian air space for the first time.
- January 15, 1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, shortly Prime Minister of India, died on 15 January 1998. He was born on July 4, 1898 at Sialkot in the Punjab Province of British India, currently in Punjab Province of Pakistan after the partition.
- January 15, 2000 – Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
- January 15, 2007 – In Nepal, opening of the first session of the parliament (Sansad) after king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev had been ousted. The Maoist communist party had 83 MP among 330.
- January 15, 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditched safely in the Hudson River after the plane collided with birds several minutes after take-off.
- January 15, 2013 – The Pakistani Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Raja Pervez Ashraf, the country’s prime minister, in connection with a corruption case relating to contracts for the purchase of rental power plants by the federal government when he was the federal minister for water and power.
to be Continued ..
Jan
11
Tue
2028
History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 11 January-
- January 11, 1613 – Emperor Jahangir permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat and the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
- January 11, 1859 – Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
- January 11, 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, president of JMM political party, born on 11 January 1944 who condemned for murder in December 2006, then acquitted in August 2007.
- January 11, 1954 – Kailash Sharma, famously known as Kailash Satyarthi, born in the Vidisha district of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on January 11, 1954 is an engineer, academic, and activist. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
- January 11, 1955 – Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
- January 11, 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
- January 11, 1966 – Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India who held this position till January 24, 1966.
- January 11, 1972 – East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh.
- January 11, 1973 – Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore on 11 January 1973.
- January 11, 1986 – The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
- January 11, 1986 – The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.
- January 11, 1991 – Bharat Ratna, India’s highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai.
- January 11, 1991 – Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
- January 11, 1996 – Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
- January 11, 1999 – Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
to be Continued ..
Jan
15
Sat
2028
History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 15 January-
- January 15, 1559 – Elizabeth I was crowned as Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
- January 15, 1592 – Shahjahan, the mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
- January 15, 1656 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered Javali state.
- January 15, 1887 – Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born on 15 January 1887 in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.
- January 15, 1888 – Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, barrister and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
- January 15, 1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball on 15 January 1892.
- January 15, 1923 – Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan Tamil singer and actress, was born on 15 January 1923 and died in a car accident on October 28, 1978.
- January 15, 1929 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born as Michael King Jr. at America on 15 January 1929.
- January 15, 1934 – The 8.4 earthquake on the Ricther Scale, in India/Nepal strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 10,700 people.
- January 15, 1942 – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as head of Indian’s National Congress Party.
- January 15, 1943 – The Pentagon headquarters of the Department of U. S. Defense was completed after just 16 months construction.
- January 15, 1947 – Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
- January 15, 1947 – Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born.
- January 15, 1948 – Mahatama Gandhi hailed Indian Cabinet’s decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Also his fast continued for establishment of communal peace.
- January 15, 1949 – The Chinese Communist Party forces took over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
- January 15, 1949 – Gen. K. M. Cariappa was appointed as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, succeeding Lieutenant General Sir Roy Bucher. Since then 15 January is being celebrated as the Indian Army Day. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff – General, later Field Marshal.
- January 15, 1956 – Kumari Mayawati, born as Mayawati Prabhu Das on 15 January 1956, is an Indian politician, leader of the BSP and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- January 15, 1958 – Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
- January 15, 1966 – The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal.
- January 15, 1982 – Neil Nitin Mukesh, born on 15 January 1982, is an Indian actor.
- January 15, 1989 – Worst railway tragedy in Bangladesh history in which 110 people were killed and 1,000 wounded.
- January 15, 1994 – Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati-Indian Author, Poet, Astrologis, died on 15 January 1994 in Paddhari, Gujarat, India. He was born on January 22, 1916.
- January 15, 1996 – The original name of the city ‘Bombay’ was restored as “Mumbai“. Also Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai was renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
- January 15, 1997 – Pakistan’s pilotless surveillance aircraft intruded into Indian air space for the first time.
- January 15, 1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, shortly Prime Minister of India, died on 15 January 1998. He was born on July 4, 1898 at Sialkot in the Punjab Province of British India, currently in Punjab Province of Pakistan after the partition.
- January 15, 2000 – Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
- January 15, 2007 – In Nepal, opening of the first session of the parliament (Sansad) after king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev had been ousted. The Maoist communist party had 83 MP among 330.
- January 15, 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditched safely in the Hudson River after the plane collided with birds several minutes after take-off.
- January 15, 2013 – The Pakistani Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Raja Pervez Ashraf, the country’s prime minister, in connection with a corruption case relating to contracts for the purchase of rental power plants by the federal government when he was the federal minister for water and power.
to be Continued ..
