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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
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
4/3/1950Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born.
11/7/1966Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives.
2/8/1907Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
1/3/1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.
3/3/1983Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi.