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Historical Event on 8/15/1994

At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1963Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
11/16/1913Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born.
2/2/1968TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
12/12/1992Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
1/14/1926Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.