****TODAY IN INDIAN HISTORY**** 15-October-1990 Bharat Ratna, Indias highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. 15-October-1997 Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britains most prestigious literary award Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things 15-October-1542 Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot. 15-October-1866 Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born. 15-October-1899 Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born. 15-October-1902 Bhaurao Krishnarao Gaekwad, great leader, was born. He was a colleagu of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. 15-October-1915 Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu. 15-October-1921 Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore. 15-October-1921 Suryanarayannamurty Rebbapragada, social reformer, college principal and journalist, was born at Rajahmundry in A.P. 15-October-1931 Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as APJ, famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of Indias missile programme and was awarded the countrys highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technology. 15-October-1946 Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India 15-October-1992 Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab. 15-October-1918 Shirdi ke Saibaba better known as Saibaba passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people. 15-October-1943 Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. 15-October-1961 Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. 15-October-1972 Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died. 15-October-1996 Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives. 15-October-1686 Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahis era. 15-October-1949 Process of the integration of the Indian State was completed when the last three states - Tripura, Manipur and Banaras were merged. 15-October-1946 Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government. 15-October-1977 The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. 15-October-1999 Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof. 15-October-1676 King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay. 15-October-1994 SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV. 15-October-1977 The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. 15-October-1997 Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britains most prestigious literary award Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things SaSha Indian Sage Warriors
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