The year 2015 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 2015 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.
World Events
Important Historical Events of the Year 2015 in World ⚡
Date | Incident/Event |
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27 february | Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov was assassinated in central Moscow while returning from a meal out. |
24 march | The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft in a mass murder–suicide in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. |
13 april | Czech politician Vít Jedli?ka proclaimed the micronation Liberland on a patch of land between Croatia and Serbia that had been unclaimed by either side due to a territorial dispute. |
24 may | The Republic of Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. The marriage is recognized irrespective of the sex of the partners. The result requires ratification in the Oireachtas before going into legal effect, though it is estimated that the first same-sex marriages will take place in autumn 2015. |
03 june | The United States presidential election of 2016 is expected to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. It will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. Voters in the election will select presidential electors who in turn will elect a new President and Vice President of the United States. The incumbent president, Barack Obama, is ineligible to be elected to a third term due to term limits in the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
04 june | St Benet's Hall at Oxford University decides to admit women, making it the last of the University's institutions to do so. |
21 june | June 21 was declared as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice or discipline that originated in India. In suggesting June 21, which is the Summer Solstice, as the International Day of Yoga, Narendra Modi had said that the date is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and has special significance in many parts of the world. |
30 May | English batsman Alastair Cook became the highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket. |
04 June | A fire at a petrol pump in Ghana killed more than 200 people. |
17 June | The gunman killed nine people in a church in South Carolina, USA. |
02 July | In the Philippines, 62 people died when a boat carrying 220 passengers drowned. |
10 July | 23 people died in a stampede while taking clothes being distributed for free in Mamansingh district of Bangladesh. |
14 July | NASA's New Horizon became the first spacecraft to visit Pluto. |
16 July | Scientists released close-up photographs of the planet Plutte. |
27 July | The 11th President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam died in Shillong. |
01 October | 280 people died due to heavy rains and landslides in Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala. |
04 October | Indian film director and producer Idida Nageswara Rao passed away. |
26 October | A 7.5-magnitude earthquake in the Hindukush mountain range of northeastern Afghanistan killed 398 people and injured 2536. |
29 October | China announced the abolition of a child policy. |
31 October | All 224 people on board the plane were killed after Russian airline Koglimavia crashed in plane 9268 in Northern Sinai |
04 November | A building collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, killing 45 and injuring about 100 people. |
07 November | Indian director and poet Bappaditya Bandopadhyay died. |
20 November | At least 19 people were taken hostage in Bamako, the capital of the African country of Mali. |
13 August | In Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb explosion killed 76 people and injured 212 others. |
24 August | American football player and coach Charlie Coffee passed away. |
18 December | Britain's coal mine Kellingley Callery was closed. |
07 January | In Paris, two gunmen attacked the office of Charlie Abdo magazine, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others. |
12 January | 143 militants of the terrorist organization Boko Haram were killed in an encounter with security forces in Cameroon. |
22 January | The explosion in Donetsk, Ukraine killed 13 people. |
25 January | Miss Colombia Polina Vega became Miss Universe 2014. |
20 February | 49 people died in two train collisions in the city of Rafz, Switzerland. |
07 March | Five suicide bombings of terrorist organization Boko Haram in Maiduguri city of Nigeria killed 54 people and injured 143 people. |
02 April | 140 people were killed in a gun attack at Garissa University in Kenya. |
05 April | American actress Julia Wilson died. |
07 April | American actor Geoffrey Lewis passed away. |
08 April | Indian journalist and famous writer Jayakantan passed away. |
11 January | Kolinda Gruber Kitarovic was elected as the first female Prime Minister of Croatia. |
27 February | Russian politician Boris Nemtsov was assassinated in Moscow. |
07 March | 54 people were killed and 143 injured in a suicide bombing in the town of Maiduguri, Igeria. |
02 April | 140 people died in a gun attack on Garissa College in Kenya. |
04 May | Stuart Bingham won the 2015 World Snooker Championship. |
26 June | A suicide bomber at a mosque in Saudi Arabia, carrying a Shia Imam al Sadiq in Kuwait, killed 27 and injured 227. |
05 July | 7th Women's "Football World Cup: United States defeated Japan 5–2 in Vancouver. |
13 August | 76 people were killed and 212 injured by ISIL truck bomb in Baghdad, Iraq. |
12 September | Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labor Party in Britain. |
10 October | At least 95 people were killed and 200 injured in a bomb blast at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey. |
12 November | A suicide bombing killed 43 in Lebanon. |
12 December | First woman member elected in municipal council election in Saudi Arabia. |
India Events
Important Historical Events of the Year 2015 in India ⚡
Date | Incident/Event |
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21 june | June 21 was declared as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice or discipline that originated in India. In suggesting June 21, which is the Summer Solstice, as the International Day of Yoga, Narendra Modi had said that the date is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and has special significance in many parts of the world. |
27 July | The 11th President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam died in Shillong. |
04 October | Indian film director and producer Idida Nageswara Rao passed away. |
07 November | Indian director and poet Bappaditya Bandopadhyay died. |
08 April | Indian journalist and famous writer Jayakantan passed away. |
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