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Historical Event on 3/15/1941

Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.

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12/10/1870Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born.
1/6/1847Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
9/12/1627Ibrahim Adilshah died.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
9/5/1846Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.
11/30/1986Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
5/20/1994Guru Amardasji passed away.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.