15th January – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 15th January in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred 15th January

Neil Nitin Mukesh Chand Mathur    professionally known as Neil Nitin Mukesh or Neil Mukesh, is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He is the son of singer Nitin  Mukesh
Bhanu Priya is an Indian actress. She was a former leading actress of the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries from 1980 to 1993. She also acted in few Bollywood films in the 1990s. She was born in Rangampeta village,
Kumari Mayawati  is an Indian politician who is a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She heads the Bahujan Samaj Party, which represents the Bahujans or Dalits, the weakest strata of Indian society
Pritish Nandy is a Indian poet, painter, journalist, politician, media and television personality, animal activist and film producer. He is Bengali by ethnicity. He was member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament representing Maharashtra based party Shiv Sena
Guru Ravidass  was a North Indian Sant mystic of the bhakti movement who was active in the 15th century CE. Venerated in the region of Uttar Pradesh as well as the Indian state of Maharashtra, his devotional songs and verses made a lasting impact upon the bhakti movement

Death anniversaries on 15th January

Tapan Sinha  was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema. Sinha was born in Kolkata, [West Bengal]
Devaneya Pavanar; also known as G. Devaneyan, Ñanamuttan Tevaneyan; lived 1902–1981), was a prominent Indian Tamil author who wrote over 35 books. Additionally,
Homai Vyarawalla  commonly known by her pseudonym “Dalda 13,” was India’s first woman photojournalist. First active in the late 1930s, she retired in the early 1970s. In 2011, she was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India
Namdeo Laxman Dhasal  is a Marathi writer and Dalit activist from Maharashtra, India. Dhasal was born on February 15, 1949, in a village near Pune, India. A member of the Mahar Dalit class, he grew up in dire poverty.
Ramgopal Ghosh   was an Indian businessman, social reformer, orator and one of the leaders of the Young Bengal group. He was called the Indian Demosthenes. Ghosh was one of the persons who helped John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune to establish his girls school.

Notable Events:

1656 Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state.
1784 Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
1887  Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh
1888  Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.

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