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Historical Event on 9/15/1948

The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1861Dr. 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.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
5/20/1999The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
1/30/1882Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.