November15

Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.

Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

Surinder Kumar Mehra, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Delhi.

Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.

Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.

Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems "Gitanjali" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Noble Prize.

First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.

Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.

Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.

Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.

IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.

INS Delhi' commissioned.

Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme.

Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.

Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban.

India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.

Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.

Battle of Yerwada.

16 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.

Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) "Kamayanee" and plays "Chandra Gupt" and "Skand Gupt".

S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.

37 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur.

At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations.

The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana.

Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.