15 January in Hindu history
15 January 1784
Asiatic Society founded at Calcutta
Sir William Jones founds the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Its journal and collections opened Sanskrit learning to Europe, and its scholars later deciphered the Brahmi script.
15 January 1934
Great Bihar–Nepal earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude about 8 strikes north Bihar and Nepal, killing over ten thousand people and levelling Munger and much of Kathmandu.