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Friday, September 15, 2023

Today Importance - 15th September

15-Sep-1860

The creator of modern Karnataka M. Born in Visvesvara. He was also a noted engineer.

15-Sep-1861

Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, a renowned architect, engineer and diplomat, who was awarded the Bharat Ratna Award, was born in a poor Brahmin family in Chikballapur, Mysore (Karnataka).

15-Sep-1862

Birth of famous historian Gauri Shankar Hirachand Ojha.

15-Sep-1876

The famous Bengali novelist and writer Saratchandra Chattopadhyay was born in Devanandpur of Hooghly district.

15-Sep-1903

Wazir Syed Ali, a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born in Jalandhar.

15-Sep-1909

Thiru Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, ''Anna'', founder of the DMK (Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam) and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, also an editor, writer, orator and patriot, was born in a weaving community in Kanchipuram.

15-Sep-1912

Journalist and Publisher Rushi Karanjia is born.

15-Sep-1916

Film actress Margaret Lockwood of 'Lady Vanish' fame was born in Karachi, India.

15-Sep-1926

'Bande Mataram', a long feature film produced by the Bande Mataram Film Company, Bombay, was banned by the Censor Board on September 15 on the grounds that it was an implicit attack on the prestige of university education in India. However, after removing the objectionable scenes, the film was approved on December 7.

15-Sep-1927

Birth of Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena.

15-Sep-1940

Birth of Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis.

15-Sep-1947

Gandhi condemned the idea of population transfer.

15-Sep-1948

Indian flag ship arrives at Bombay port.

15-Sep-1953

S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit has been elected as the first woman president of the eighth session of the United Nations Organization (UNO) General Assembly.

15-Sep-1965

President Ayub Khan appealed to the United States to use its influence to end India-Pakistan hostilities.

15-Sep-1967

Hyderabad Chief Minister Ramakrishna Rao Burgula passed away.

15-Sep-1992

Petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices have increased.

15-Sep-1993

The Election Commission has announced elections in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and Delhi and Mizoram.

15-Sep-1997

The Prasar Bharati Act was enacted to free Doordarshan and All India Radio from government control.

15-Sep-1999

Sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate Palbhai Purushottam was shot dead.