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Historical Event on 9/15/1862
Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/6/2000 | ''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi. |
12/8/1900 | Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born. |
1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
6/19/2000 | Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana. |
7/31/1880 | Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP. |
9/1/1988 | Fatte Singrao Gaekwad of Baroda, former Member of Parliament, passed away. |
6/6/1997 | New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being. |
6/3/1947 | British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947. |
11/7/1912 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore. |
1/23/1909 | New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London. |
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