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Historical Event on 9/15/1997
Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/15/1872 | Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry. |
1/29/1780 | Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta . |
1/29/1780 | Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne. |
3/26/1931 | New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. |
6/8/1992 | 55-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections. |
3/9/1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
11/7/1893 | Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37. |
6/4/1972 | First Environment Day. |
12/25/1880 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh. |
12/21/1990 | Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively. |
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