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Historical Event on 9/15/1860
M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case. |
2/14/1929 | Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. |
7/6/1999 | The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault. |
12/3/1999 | Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy. |
6/29/1909 | Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
10/30/1996 | CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case. |
7/1/1965 | Meerut University was established. |
2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
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