Today in Indian History Events for September 15 15-September-1860 M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. 15-September-1861 Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. 15-September-1862 Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. 15-September-1876 Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district. 15-September-1903 Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar. 15-September-1909 Thiru Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, Anna, founder of DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, also an editor, writer, orator and patriot, was born in a weaver community of Kanchipuram. 15-September-1912 Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. 15-September-1916 Margaret Lockwood, film actress of Lady Vanishes fame, was born in Karachi, India. 15-September-1926 Vande Mataram, a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes. 15-September-1927 Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born. 15-September-1940 Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. 15-September-1947 Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer. 15-September-1948 The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port. 15-September-1953 S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisations (UNO) General Assembly. 15-September-1965 President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities. 15-September-1967 Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died. 15-September-1992 Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked. 15-September-1993 Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. 15-September-1997 Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control. 15-September-1999 Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:27:37 +0000
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