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Historical Event on 9/15/1940

Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1930Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
10/31/1999The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
4/14/1905Earthquake at Kangra region in Himachal.