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Historical Event on 9/15/1940
Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections. |
| 2/4/1994 | India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF. |
| 2/19/1818 | Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 10/29/1920 | Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating. |
| 9/15/1965 | President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities. |
| 2/1/1969 | Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta. |
| 5/25/1937 | Munshi Ajmeri passed away. |
| 5/10/1910 | Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack. |
| 12/22/1947 | Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot. |
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